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Tag: Arthropleura

Carboniferous Paleozoic

To Put a Face with a Name: The Newfound Head of Arthropleura, Prehistory’s Largest Millipede

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date October 12, 2024
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A new specimen has given a face to the largest creepy-crawly that has ever walked the earth.

Tags Arthropleura, Arthropods, Carboniferous, Centipedes, Insects, Millipedes, Myriapoda, science

Carboniferous The Frightening Fossils

Halloween Special: How the Carboniferous Was Bugging Out

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date October 31, 2021
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For those afraid of creepy-crawlies, you have it easy living today. Travel back 300 million years, and you’d find a whole host of terrifying arthropods awaiting you.

Tags Arthropleura, Carboniferous, fossils, Insects, Meganeura, Megarachne, Nature, Paleontology, prehistory, Scorpions