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Title Terrifying ancient spiders with SCORPION tails are found perfectly preserved in 100-million-year-old amber Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 6/02/18 Description Spine-tingling spiders with scorpion-like tails have been found in amber dating back 100 million years.
The primitive creatures have been named after a monster from Greek mythology that was made of the parts of more than one animal.
The creepy crawlies scurried around the undergrowth of the rainforests of Burma during the age of the dinosaurs.URL www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5345409/Four-terrifying-spiders-preserved-amber.html Persons Russell Garwood Title Scientists discover ancient spider with super freaky tail Media name/outlet The New York Post Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 5/02/18 Description A spine-tingling spider with a scorpion-like tail has been found in amber dating back 100 million years.
The primitive creepy crawly is so scary it’s been named after a monster from Greek mythology that was made of the parts of more than one creature.
It scurried around the undergrowth of the rainforests of Burma during the age of the dinosaurs.URL https://nypost.com/2018/02/05/scientists-discover-ancient-spider-with-super-freaky-tail/ Persons Russell Garwood Title 'Extraordinary' fossil sheds light on origins of spiders Media name/outlet BBC News Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 5/02/18 Description An "extraordinary" spider "cousin" trapped in amber for 100 million years is shaking up ideas about the origins of spiders.
The ancient creature had a tail, unlike its modern relatives.
It belongs to a group of arachnids (spiders, scorpions and the like) that were related to true spiders.
Researchers say it's possible - but unlikely - that the animal might still be alive today in the rainforests of southeast Asia.URL www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42945813 Persons Russell Garwood Title Hundred-million-year-old primitive creepy crawly spider with scorpion-like tail discovered Media name/outlet The Mirror Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 5/02/18 Description A monster creepy crawly spider with a scorpion-like tail has been found in amber that is 100 million years old.
The primitive being is so scary it has been named after a beast from Greek mythology that was made of the parts of more than one creature.URL https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hundred-million-year-old-primitive-11974148 Persons Russell Garwood
Keywords
- spiders
- fossils
- palaeontology