The world's largest arthropod was a car-sized millipede
2021年12月21日 · The giant millipede Arthropleura would have been one of the largest invertebrates ever, living over 300 million years ago. A fossilised fragment of the huge creature found in Northumberland has enabled scientists to estimate its length at around 2.6 metres, similar to that of a small car.
Arthropleura - Wikipedia
Arthropleura is known from body fossils as well as trace fossils, particularly giant trackways up to 50 centimetres (20 in) wide, and potentially also large burrows. It lived in open, sparsely wooded environments near water, and was possibly amphibious.
Fossils reveal head of the world’s largest known arthropod ... - CNN
2024年10月18日 · Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.
Fossils Reveal the Face of an Extinct Nine-Foot-Long 'Millipede,' …
2024年10月22日 · Scurrying across the earth, a 110-pound, nine-foot-long creature called Arthropleura ranks as the largest arthropod to ever live. For years, however, the face of the gigantic crawler eluded...
Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size 'millipede' solves ...
2024年10月9日 · The face of a car-size, millipede-like creature — the largest arthropod ever to live — has finally been revealed thanks to two well-preserved fossils, a new study reports.
Watch ancient, giant millipede the size of a car brought back to …
2023年12月2日 · Giant arthropods dominated the planet, along with other huge insects like Meganeura — a bird-size dragonfly — and giant cockroaches up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long. The high oxygen levels...
Arthropleura | Size, Fossils, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月22日 · Arthropleura is a genus of exceptionally large extinct millipede-like arthropods that thrived from the early Carboniferous Period to the early Permian Period (roughly 346.7 million to 293.52 million years ago) and are known from their fossilized exoskeletons.
Millipedes ‘as big as cars’ once roamed Northern England, fossil …
2021年12月21日 · The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede – as big as a car – has been found on a beach in the north of England. The fossil – the remains of a creature called Arthropleura – dates from the Carboniferous Period, about 326 million years ago, over 100 million years before the Age of Dinosaurs.
Largest arthropod ever: Fossils reveal face of 8.5-foot arthropleura
2024年10月10日 · The face of Arthropleura, a car-sized, millipede-like creature and the largest arthropod to ever exist, has finally been unveiled, thanks to the discovery of two well-preserved fossils.
Scientists find fossil of largest arthropod to ever live, a car-size ...
2021年12月21日 · Researchers in the U.K. have found the fossilized exoskeleton of the largest arthropod to have ever lived. These giant millipede-like creatures were the length of a car and likely roamed Earth...