When D&D and the Real World Collide!

Justin D. Jacobson · Nov 30, 2005

A 5-foot long scorpion. Eeep!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_sc/britain_scorpion_fossil

mythusmage · Nov 30, 2005

Justin D. Jacobson said:
A 5-foot long scorpion. Eeep!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_sc/britain_scorpion_fossil

Oh God. The bloody thing wasn't even an arthropod. Belonged to an entirely different class of animals related to arthropods, but not in the same line of descent. Journalistic arrogance strikes again.

Update: Oops, got it wrong. Here's an article on a trackway found in Pennsylvania.

Another Update: An introduction to Eurypterids as a whole.

Kahuna Burger · Nov 30, 2005

mythusmage said:
Oh God. The bloody thing wasn't even an arthropod. Belonged to an entirely different class of animals related to arthropods, but not in the same line of descent. Journalistic arrogance strikes again.

Update: Oops, got it wrong. Here's an article on a trackway found in Pennsylvania.

ok, that makes sense now.... I was looking at your comment and the article justin linked and going into cognitive dissonance trying to figure out what you were mad about.