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When the largest Animals on Land were Millipedes

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Across eastern Scotland there are tracks left by strange ancient animals. They look like the tracks left by millipedes but they often measure over 30cm across. What animal left these tracks and why did it grow so big? To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/MothLightMedia To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/mothlightmedia To buy merchandise: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/moth-light... Email: [email protected] If I have used artwork that belongs to you but have neglected to credit it this will just be because I was unable to find one. If this has happened please contact me and I will add a credit. Some Art work has been altered for the purposes of bettering them for video format; these alterations were done independent from the artists who created the original work, so they are not responsible for any inaccuracies that could have occurred with the changes being made. Sources: https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/jgs2021-115 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Arthropleura-and-selected-fossils-from-the-Doehlen-Formation-Early-Permian-of-the-Doehlen_fig3_257768383 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30626-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412931/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.220280097 https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1163885/fossil-review-complete-_review-of-fossil-collections-in-scotland.pdf https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_30/vol30_part1_pp15-26.pdf https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1117332109

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