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With a body length of 54 cm (21 in), Megarachne was a medium-sized eurypterid. If the original identification as a spider had been correct, Megarachne would have been the largest known spider to have ever lived.
Mar 24, 2010 · In 1980 the world was introduced to the largest spider that had ever lived, Megarachne, but a discovery made over two decades later showed it to be a very different creature, indeed.
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Jan 20, 2014 · Selden is part of a team that recently described the largest-known fossil spider ever unearthed. They report their findings in the latest issue of Naturwissenschaften. This specimen’s body length...
Mongolarachne is an extinct genus of spiders placed in the monogeneric family Mongolarachnidae. The genus contains only one species, Mongolarachne jurassica, described in 2013, which is presently the largest fossilized spider on record. [1]
Mar 24, 2010 · In 1980 the world was introduced to the largest spider that had ever lived, Megarachne, but a discovery made over two decades later showed it to be a very different creature, indeed.
Apr 20, 2011 · Scientists say a fossilised spider from the Inner Mongolian region of China is the biggest yet found. The female, which lived about 165 million years ago, belongs to a collection of spiders...
The Golden Orb Weaver has been named Nephila jurassica and is the largest fossil of a spider ever found. It is roughly the size of the spider’s modern-day descendants, with a body one-inch long and more than half an inch wide, and legs that stretch to 2.5in.
