Creepy-Crawlies Were Bigger Then… Much Bigger
Published on November 21st, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have found the fossilized claw of a 2.5-metre (8-foot) sea scorpion, a nightmarish creature living before the age of dinosaurs.
The discovery of the 390-million-year-old specimen in a German quarry suggests prehistoric spiders, insects and crabs were much larger than previously thought, researchers at Britain’s Bristol University said on Wednesday.
“This is an amazing discovery,” said university researcher Simon Braddy.
“We have known for some time that the fossil record yields monster millipedes, super-sized scorpions, colossal cockroaches, and jumbo dragonflies but we never realized, until now, just how big some of these ancient creepy-crawlies were.”
