Giant, meter-long scorpion discovered in ancient British fossil record
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“Paleontologists have identified a meter-long scorpion that lived in Britain 415 million years ago. Its massive size and potential semi-aquatic lifestyle challenge existing theories about the evolution of early arthropods.”
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