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A 307-million-year-old skull recovered from a fossilized tree stump in Nova Scotia reveals grinding teeth suited for plants in Tyrannoroter heberti, pushing back the origin of herbivory among land vertebrates to the Carboniferous and suggesting multiple independent plant-eating lineages.
A 326-million-year-old fossil of Arthropleura, a giant millipede, was discovered in England, revealing it to be the largest land invertebrate in Earth's history, measuring nearly nine feet long. The find challenges previous assumptions about prehistoric gigantism being driven solely by oxygen levels and highlights the diverse ecosystems of the Carboniferous period. The fossil provides new insights into ancient invertebrate life and their environments.
Scientists discovered a fossil of Arthropleura, a giant millipede from 326 million years ago, which grew up to 9 feet long, providing new insights into prehistoric ecosystems and arthropod evolution.
A fossil initially misidentified as a caterpillar has been reclassified as Palaeocampa anthrax, the oldest known nonmarine lobopodian, revealing new insights into early animal evolution and freshwater ecosystems during the Carboniferous period.