Giant sea scorpions were bigger than previously estimated
Posted on November 21, 2007
by: dacarldrac
SCIENCE ALERT! The fossilized claw of a Jaekelopterus Rhenaniae (giant fucking scorpion) has been found in Germany and is now changing our previous estimates about how large these creatures actually were. These guys hung around in rivers and swamps and had nasty dispositions due to bad skin and lack of school friends. Their mothers were very concerned. More now from the BBC…
“The immense fossilised claw of a 2.5m-long (8ft) sea scorpion has been described by European researchers.
The 390-million-year-old specimen was found in a German quarry, the journal Biology Letters reports.
The creature, which has been named Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, would have paddled in a river or swamp.
The size of the beast suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were much larger in the past than previously thought, the team says.
The claw itself measures 46cm - indicating its owner would have been longer even than the average-sized human.”
via BBC
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