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Arthropleura: The Prehistoric Millipede as Long as a Car

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REFERENCES: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257768383_Euramerican_Late_PennsylvanianEarly_Permian_arthropleuridtetrapod_associations_-_implications_for_the_habitat_and_paleobiology_of_the_largest_terrestrial_arthropod https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/jgs2021-115 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0869593812010030 https://eurekamag.com/research/022/674/022674152.php https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/abs/microdecemplicida-a-new-order-of-minute-arthropleurideans-arthropoda-myriapoda-from-the-devonian-of-new-york-state-usa/D08D276AF517F289926F7F4543E4488A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/walking-trails-of-the-giant-terrestrial-arthropod-arthropleura-from-the-upper-carboniferous-of-kentucky/736FA6DA98DFFD4C9DEF88EA206D0DA5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825221000593?via%3Dihub#f0010 MUSIC: Teller of the Tales by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4467-teller-of-the-tales License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4710-midnight-tale License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4440-suonatore-di-liuto License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Village Ambiance by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6586-village-ambiance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ In this video, we'll be taking a look at the giant prehistoric millipede Arthropleura, which hailed from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, and discussing some of the animal's more noteworthy features. For example, why was it so huge? Was it because of oxygen? Or is there perhaps a little more nuance behind this question?

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