Brontoscorpio anglicus


 * Brontoscorpio is a scorpion (scorpionid arachnid arthropod) from the Pridoli-Early Devonian of the United Kingdom. It was named in 1972 by Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering. It was the biggest scorpion of all time, and was confused for being a pterygotid eurypterid, right before they discovered that it was a true scorpion.


 * Brontoscorpio had the generic scorpion body plan. It was an arachnid a rounded cephalothorax, long arms with big claws, 2 small claws near its mouth, 4 pairs of walking legs, and a long tail ending in a venomous stinger. Its body would have been covered in a hard, chitinous exoskeleton.


 * Brontoscorpio was a predator, preying on fish, trilobites, small eurypterids, smaller scorpions, and small invertebrates. Its large arm claws were used for getting a hold of any struggling prey while it subdued them with its stinger, while its smaller claws were used to rip off small chunks out of their bodies.