An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England
A group of geologists stumbled on the fossil of the giant creature, known as Arthropleura, during a "social trip" to England's Northumberland region in 2018. It's the largest such fossil ever found.
Scientists stubbled upon the fossilized remains of an ancient millipede the length of a small car dating from before the time of the dinosaurs. The animal is believed to have broken the record for the largest-known arthropod, a phylum of segmented invertebrates that includes insects, lobsters and spiders.
The nearly three-foot-long fossil, discovered in England, about 40 miles north of Newcastle, is described in the on Tuesday. It find represents just one section of a creature thought to be three times as long â measuring 2.7 meters long (nearly 9 feet) and weighing about 50 kilograms (approximately 11o pounds).
