Biggest Arthropleura Fossil Discovery: Unraveling an Ancient Mystery

Deep time really is a funny concept. The era in which we live, the one created by the K-Pg mass extinction, has only existed for about 66 million years. To put that into perspective, the era before that – the Age of Reptiles – lasted for 186 million years. The one before that – the Paleozoic – also lasted for 186 million years. Obviously start and stop points for these chunks of time are largely arbitrary. Scientists have used major earth-shattering events – such as extinctions – as benchmarks for these major chunks of time, and they just so happen to also usher in major shifts in life and death on earth, as well as major shifts in the very makeup of the earth. I bring up this heavy stuff because I want to show you the comparison in the lengths of some of the most well-known or talked about periods of time – such as the Carboniferous period. __________________________________________________________________ Art in Thumbnail belongs to - SuperDo75363417 __________________________________________________________________ ✅Tyler Addison ✅ ✅Adam Midzuk ✅ __________________________________________________________________ ✅ PATREON ✅ ✅ STICKERS & SHIRTS ✅ ✅Facebook: ✅Twitter: ✅Instagram: @edgeonthetrail ✅ MUSIC ✅ “Animal Planet’s The Most Extreme - Intro Theme” - PastEonsProductions “The Most Extreme - CGI Theme” - Diaro’s Music “Weevil - Music for Bugs” - Camiidae “Isopod - Music for Bugs” - Camiidae “Trilobite - Music for Cambrian Animals” - Camiidae __________________________________________________________________ If I’ve used something on my video that you don’t want me to use, PLEASE EMAIL ME first before flagging a video, I’m very reasonable and will take the video down to replace whatever image or video belongs to you. Email: expeditiondiscoveryguild@ __________________________________________________________________ ✅ RESEARCH ✅ Davies, Neil S.; Garwood, Russell J.; McMahon, William J.; Schneider, Joerg W.; Shillito, Anthony P. (Dec 21, 2021). “The largest arthropod in Earth history: insights from newly discovered Arthropleura remains (Serpukhovian Stainmore Formation, Northumberland, England)“. Journal of the Geological Society. 179 (3). doi: S2CID 245401499. __________________________________________________________________ ✅ Hashtags ✅ __________________________________________________________________