Pulmonoscorpius

Pulmonoscorpius Temporal range: Viséan, 338 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's rendition of Pulmonoscorpius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	†Centromachidae
Genus:	†Pulmonoscorpius Jeram, 1994
Species:	†P. kirktonensis
Binomial name
Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis Jeram, 1994

Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis (literally breathing scorpion) is a giant species of extinct scorpion that lived during the Viséan epoch of the Carboniferous. Its fossils were found at East Kirkton, West Lothian in Scotland. In life, this species grew to 70 centimetres (28 in) long. The diet of Pulmonoscorpius is not known directly, but smaller arthropods may have formed part of its diet, and its sting may have been able to fell small tetrapods.