A fossil of 'car-sized millipede' is discovered
It turns out that a giant millipede, about the size of a car, lived in ancient northern England.
Millipedes'as big as cars' once roamed Northern England, fossil find reveals
An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England: NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1065759563/extinct-millipede-car-northern-england-arthropleura
A car-sized millipede fossil was discovered in January 2018 in Northumberland, northern England, by a research team at the University of Cambridge. A member of the research team accidentally discovered a fossil that was exposed when a rock containing fossils was broken by the impact of a fall. 'The discovery was entirely coincidental,' said Neil Davis, who heads the research team.
Analysis by the research team revealed that the fossil found was a species of millipede that lived 300 million years ago, called
The fossil discovered this time does not contain a head, and it was difficult to estimate the ecology of Arthropleura. Still, based on the length of Arthropleura, Davis said, 'I'm not sure what Arthropleura was eating, but in the days of Arthropleura, nutritious nuts and seeds were abundant. It may have preyed on other innocents and small vertebrates such as amphibians, 'he said, pointing out that Arthropleura may have been nutritious.
In addition, according to Mr. Davis, the area where the fossil was found has a lot of sandstone, and it was generally considered to be an area that is not suitable for storing fossils. 'The fact that the fossils we discovered were preserved is amazing,' said Davis. 'This fact may actually reveal many fossils, even where people have never looked for them. It suggests that. '
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