Millipede from Scotland is world's oldest-known land animal

A fossil of a 425 million-year-old millipede called Kampecaris obanensis and unearthed in Scotland is shown in this undated handout photo released to Reuters on May 27, 2020. British Geological Survey/Handout via REUTERS

Researchers said the fossil of the Silurian Period creature, called Kampecaris obanensis and unearthed on the island of Kerrera in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, inhabited a lakeside environment and likely ate decomposing plants. Fossils of the oldest-known plant with a stem, called Cooksonia, were found in the same ancient lake region as Kampecaris.

Kampecaris, about an inch long with a segmented body, resembled modern millipedes but was a member of an extinct group and is not ancestral to millipedes alive today. Its legs were not preserved in the fossil.

MacMillipede?

You sure that’s not the first haggis?

Was it deep fried?

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Known by Scottish... !!

rosscolquhoun The first living creature to set foot on the moon was also of Scottish origin. He didn't make quite so many footprints though.

Championes, championes, ole, ole, ole!

TriciaMarwick But not quite as famous as the Kircudbright Centipede singingkettle

JaneyGodley, is that no where wan o the Sandra's face-planted efter a night oot at the caravan social club? ahllgetthedoormasel

glynmoody They knew because of the 1/4 gills.

There’s a joke here, but nobody has posted it yet..

Ah, if only here in the UK we'd voted for chaos with Ed Millipede instead of a strong and stable government.

That's a bit under-whelming

cool

And Loch Ness monster is oldest sea creature from Scotland 😋

They’ve been here from the start?

Woa 😳🤔

So the Scots were prickly even back then.

billy connolly

Please, nobody suggest naming it Millipedey McPedeface..... 🙄

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