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Maximum-Sized Arthropleura
2.63 m
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by maximum reconstructed total length; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.

Maximum-Sized Arthropleura

A maximum-sized Arthropleura reconstruction based on the Howick Bay partial exuvium, shown in a strict dorsal orthographic top view. The estimated 2.63 m length and 0.55 m width belong to one coherent reconstruction.

Dimensions

Height
25 cm
Length
2.63 m
Width
55 cm
Weight
50 kg

Quick facts

Estimated length
2.63 m
Estimated width
0.55 m
Estimated mass
50 kg

Maximum-Sized Arthropleura · Size infographic

Maximum-Sized Arthropleura: Size infographic · Height 25 cm · Length 2.63 m · Width 55 cm
Maximum-Sized Arthropleura: Size infographic · Height 25 cm · Length 2.63 m · Width 55 cm

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Sources and measurement2

Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.

Measurement basis

The scale is an upper reconstruction from a partial exuvium rather than a complete measured body.

References

  1. 01The world's largest arthropod was a car-sized millipedeNatural History Museum, London
  2. 02The largest arthropod in Earth history: insights from newly discovered Arthropleura remainsUniversity of Cambridge repository / Journal of the Geological Society