约3亿年前有一种节肢动物Arthropleura(有远古蜈蚣虫、巨型千足虫等译名,下以远古蜈蚣虫代称)能长至2.6公尺长,约一辆车大小,牠们被誉为史上最大昆虫,但百年来科学家始终不知道这种虫的头长得如何,近日科学家终于破解牠们的长相。
The giant bug's topper was a round bulb with two short bell-shaped antennae, two protruding eyes like a crab, and a rather ...
What we do know is that they were enormous Olympic swimmers. The latest research on the giant sea scorpion is published in ...
远古蜈蚣虫相信是目前已知最大的昆虫,不过这个头衔仍有争议,因为有科学家认为,已灭绝的远古海蝎(giant sea scorpion)体型更大。 科学家约在18 ...
Since their demise, no giant arthropods have roamed the seas. The post Giant Sea Scorpions Used to Roam Our Seas appeared ...
遠古蜈蚣蟲相信是目前已知最大的昆蟲,不過這個頭銜仍有爭議,因為有科學家認為,已滅絕的遠古海蠍(giant sea scorpion)體型更大。 科學家約在18 ...
Most fossils of the extinct creatures have no heads, but researchers analyzed complete fossils of juveniles and were able to ...
Scientists have unveiled the head of Arthropleura, the largest bug to ever exist, which roamed the Earth 300 million years ...
Long before the age of dinosaurs, the Earth was home to formidable predators that ruled the ancient ecosystems. These ...
The team analyzed heads that belonged to two juvenile creatures who were only around 3 cm (1 inch) long. But oxygen levels in ...
They may be a close second to an extinct giant sea scorpion. Researchers in Europe and North America have been collecting fragments and footprints of the huge bugs since the late 1800s.
The school holidays are, somehow, here again. Those in Scotland have already had the pleasure of a half-term; in England and ...