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Jaekelopterus rhenaniae
The size of a large crocodile, this 390-million-year-old sea scorpion was the top predator of its day, slicing up fish and cannibalising its own kind in coastal swamp waters.
The newfound fossil creature is estimated to be at least one and a half feet (46 centimeters) longer than any previously known prehistoric sea scorpion, a group called eurypterids.
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