They found a 326-million-year-old fossil of a giant centipede on a beach in the United Kingdom

Scientists discover the fossil of a giant millipede worm 326 million years oldAs long as a car and its weight 50 kg, which was formerly hunted in the north of England.

The largest fossil of a giant millipede has been found “Coincidence” in a Playa de Northumberland (one of the 47 counties of England), in Howick, after part of a cliff fell ashore.

To become this very great creature, known as Arthropods, you must choose one A nutrient-rich, vegan diet may have been predatoryEat other invertebrates or small amphibians.

The sample consists of Multiple articulated exoskeleton segments, like modern centipedes. It is the third fossil of this type to be discovered and also the oldest and largest.

Experts believe the fossil represents a A section of the exoskeleton of a creature that broke near the bottom of the riverWhich has been preserved thanks to sand, according to British media Watchman.

The section measures approx 75 cm, leading experts to believe that his entire body could measure a little He is 2.7 meters tall and weighs 50 kilograms.

The remains of the creature date back to that period Carboniferous, more than 100 million years before the age of the dinosaurs.

At that time, the UK was near the equator and enjoyed warm temperatures.

Watched by a PhD student walking along the coast in January 2018 in Big block sandstone cutting shelf.

the doctor Neil Davies،, of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences and lead author of a research paper on the fossil, said that “A completely coincidental discovery” And that “because of the way the boulder fell, it opened and left the fossil completely exposed, which a former PhD student saw by chance upon passing by,” according to Watchman.

The fossil was removed with permission from Natural England and the landowners, Howick Estate, and brought to Cambridge for analysis.

“Although we can’t know for sure what they ate, there were Many nutritious nuts and seeds available in the garbage at that time, and may have been predators feeding on other invertebrates and even small vertebrates such as amphibians,” Davis added, according to Watchman.

These creatures crawled across the tropics for about 45 million years before the extinction, perhaps because global warming has made the climate too dry for them, or because of an outnumbered reptile foraging.

The fossil will be shown to the public at Cambridge Sedgwick Museum in 2022.

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