415-million-year-old fossil identified as the largest scorpion ever discovered
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Sahas Mehra
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Researchers have identified Praearcturus gigas, a fossil that has puzzled scientists for over 150 years, as the largest scorpion to ever exist. At roughly one meter long and dating back 415 million years, it was four to five times the size of the largest modern scorpion species. The findings, published in Palaeontology, suggest this prehistoric scorpion may have preyed on both land and freshwater species.
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· 3 pulledAt roughly a meter long, Praearcturus gigas (illustrated) may have been the largest scorpion to ever exist.
A fossil that has puzzled scientists for over 150 years is possibly the largest scorpion known to exist.
At about one meter long, the roughly 415-million-year-old Praearcturus gigas was four to five times the size of the largest modern scorpion species (Gigantometrus swammerdami).
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