| Megarachne | |
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| A restoration of Megarachne servinei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Family: | †Mycteroptidae |
| Genus: | †Megarachne Hünicken, 1980 |
| Species: | †M. servinei |
| Binomial name | |
| Megarachne servinei Hünicken, 1980 | |
Megarachne (meaning “great spider”) is a genus of freshwater eurypterid from the Carboniferous period of Argentina. It is one of the few eurypterids that is known to live in freshwater. It was originally believed to be a species of giant spider, the largest to ever exist, hence the meaning of its name. However, a reevaluation of the fossil revealed that it was actually a species of sea scorpion.
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