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Reconstructed Fossil Claw of Ancient Sea Scorpion

Caption: The reconstructed fossil claw of ancient sea scorpion, Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (e) and its size relative to a human male and to the sea scorpion (a), the trilobite Isotelus rex (b), the dragonfly Meganeura monyi (c), and the millipede Arthropleura armata.

Credit: Braddy, et al; Royal Society Biol. Lett.

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