Giant Millipede Fossil. Finding these giant millipede fossils is rare because once they died their bodies tend to disarticulate so its likely that the fossil is a moulted carapace that the. The fossil in question is of a giant millipede that was 27m 886ft long and weighed 50kg 110lb.
Arthropleura is the largest-known invertebrate animal. When the giant millipede lived 326 million years ago the north-east of England had a much more tropical climate than today. And its the biggest and oldest Arthropleura ever found.
The fossil was found by fluke.
This specimen was found in what researchers believe was an old river channel. Thats nearly 100 million years before the first dinosaurs. The largest ever fossil of. A fossil of a giant millipede found on a beach in northern England was a complete fluke of a discovery said Neil Davies a lecturer at the.
