scorpion have been discovered by archaeologists in China. The 3.3 foot (1 m) ancient beast is thought to have prowled the seas some 430 million years ago, a time when scorpions were massive apex predators.
The species has been named T. xiushanensis by scientists and is related to modern day arachnids and horseshoe crabs.Scientists have said that it likely shifted across sea beds using its gigantic claws to scoop up and munch on unsuspecting fish and molluscs.Publishing their work in the Science Bulletin journal, researchers said that the beast's barbed limbs "were presumably used for prey-capture, and analogies can be drawn with the 'catching basket' formed by the spiny pedipalps of whip spiders."Bo Wang, the study's co-author from the.
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