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How we discovered a rare giant millipede fossil on a beach

Why our chance discovery of an Arthropleura as long as an alligator, while on holiday on a beach in northern England, was such a landmark moment.

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Giant millipedes 'as big as cars' once roamed the UK, Cambridge experts find

Giant millipedes 'as big as cars' once roamed the UK, Cambridge experts find
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Millipedes as big as cars roamed England, fluke fossil find shows

Giant millipedes as long as a car and weighing 50 kilograms once hunted across Northern England, experts have revealed, following the discovery of a 326 million-year-old fossil.The largest ever fossil of a giant millipede was found by a "fluke"on a Northumberland beach at the village of Howick, after a section of cliff fell onto the shore.In order...

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , United-kingdom , Northern-england , Northumberland , Great-britain , Neil-davies , University-of-cambridge , Cambridge-sedgwick-museum , Cambridge-university-department-of-earth-sciences , Journal-of-the-geological-society , Carboniferous-period

Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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Giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England, fluke fossil find shows

The section of exo-skeleton dating back 326 million years was made by chance on a walk on a Northumberland beach

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