Long before large reptiles dominated the land, Arthropleura moved through dense Carboniferous forests as the largest known terrestrial invertebrate Fossil trackways and body impressions suggest an ...

The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek locality. More than 300 million years ago, all sorts of arachnids crawled around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's reconstruction of Tyrannoroter heberti, a plant-eating creature that lived 315 million years ago during the ...

Imagine a millipede so large it could be mistaken for a small car. That was Arthropleura, the largest land arthropod known to science. Fossils show it roamed the Carboniferous forests, feeding on ...

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Fossilized Douglassarachne acanthopoda, noted for its up-armored spiny legs, might have resemblance to modern harvestmen spiders, but with a more experimental body plan. LAWRENCE — More than 300 ...

Scientists have unearthed in Canada’s province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing ...

Tyrannoroter had specialized teeth to pulverize plants It lived 307 million years ago during Carboniferous Period Its skull was found in Canada's Nova Scotia province Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists ...