December 21st, 2021 - 07:47 GMT
The largest fossil of a giant millipede ever discovered — at 8.9 feet from head to tail, as long as a car — has been unearthed in the north of England. The 'Arthropleura' was found on the beach at Howick Bay in Northumberland, some 40 miles north of Newcastle, and dates back 326 million years to the Carboniferous. The new find positions Arthropleura as the largest-known invertebrate animal of all ...
