Giant insects half a billion years old were discovered in Morocco, two meters long
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Giant insects half a billion years old were discovered in Morocco, two meters long
The British University of Exeter confirmed, in a recent report, that a team of international researchers discovered an excavation site in Morocco.
It contains huge insects called “giant arthropods” that dominated the world’s seas millions of years ago.
The new discoveries indicate that these insects are relatives of marine creatures known to people today, such as shrimp and spiders, and that they roamed the seas 470 million years ago.
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The new discovery occurred in the Zagora region in the south of the Kingdom.
According to the university, early evidence from the excavation site shows that the area, which is desert today, was once under the sea.
And many large arthropods were “free swimming” there.
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Although the discovery needs further examination and analysis, based on these samples, the length of some of these insects reaches two meters.
The research team says that this discovery will open new horizons for research in paleontological and environmental sciences.
The lead researcher, Dr. Farid Saleh, from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, confirmed that the new fossils will help complete the understanding of scientists and researchers charged with knowing what life looked like on Earth in ancient times.
According to the university, this region in Morocco was chosen as one of “the 100 most important geological sites around the world due to its importance in understanding evolution during the Early Ordovician period, about 470 million years ago.”
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