Giant Millipedes as Big as Cars Roamed Northern England, Fluke Fossil Find Shows

Undated handout illustration shows a fluke fossil find has revealed giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England. PA

Giant millipedes as long as a car and weighing 50 kg (110 lbs) once hunted across Northern England, experts have revealed, following the discovery of a 326 million-year-old fossil.

The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede was found by a “fluke” on a Northumberland beach at Howick after a section of cliff fell onto the shore.