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Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the try-saying-that-four-time-frantic dept.

hereisnowhy writes "A giant fossilized claw discovered in Germany belonged to an ancient sea scorpion that was much bigger than the average man, an international team of geologists and archaeologists reported Tuesday. In a report in the Royal Society's journal Biology Letters, the team said the claw indicates that sea scorpion Jaekelopterus rhenania was almost 2.5 meters long, making it the largest arthropod — an animal with a segmented body, jointed limbs and a hard exoskeleton — ever found. In the report, the authors said the scorpion exceeds previous size records for arthropods by almost half a meter."

3 of 216 comments (clear)

  1. Obl. by pipatron · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our old Eurypterid overlords.

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    c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */
  2. It has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new ancient sea scorpion overlords.

  3. Egads! by ThePyro · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They found a Claw Shrimp! Big as a man!