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11-08-2009, 11:00 PM
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| | | Giant spider?
Apparently, in the Cambrian era, there was a spider the size of a dinner plate. Can anybody tell me what it was called?
Sorry if its not about 'British' wildlife, but back then the entire of Earths landmass was one big continent, so Britan was on it somewhere 
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12-08-2009, 01:39 AM
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| | | Re: Giant spider?
Actually, there's a spider nowadays thats as big as a dinner plate  Theraphosa blondi, the goliath bird eating spider (a Theraphosidae sp, (Tarantula))
It grows to around 10 inches.
The one you're thinking of is a misdiagnosed fossil - it's actually a sea scorpion not a spider.
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12-08-2009, 03:54 AM
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misdiagnosed?? tut! rather misidentified (that's what I meant - stupid brain)
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12-08-2009, 11:24 AM
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Thanks!
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12-08-2009, 01:32 PM
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It's not really a scorpion - it just looks similar Eurypterid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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13-08-2009, 01:19 AM
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| | | Re: Giant spider?
Sorry, but the thing I was talking about was an actual spider. It was once featured on BBC's 'Walking with Monsters.' It was my fault as i described the era as Cambrian instead of Carboniferous, sorry.
I found the crature I wanted, it was the Mesothelae, which did turn out to actually be a sea scorpion! XD | | |
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