The vast expanse of Earth’s natural history has seen the planet play host to fantastic creatures like dinosaurs and giant marsupials. There was even a time, hundreds of millions of years ago, when dragonflies the size of eagles flew the skies in search of prey. This, however, made the discovery and study of the ancient Arthropleura, a relative of today’s millipedes, so bizarre, as it seemed to predate this age of giant insects.
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