The idea of coming face to face with any spider-like creature is enough to fill any arachnophobe with horror, let alone encountering one with large, spiky legs.
The idea of coming face to face with any spider unexpectedly is enough to fill any arachnophobe with horror, let alone encountering one with large, spiky legs. But that is exactly what roamed around what’s currently northeast Illinois in the late Carboniferous Period about 300 million to 320 million years ago, according to a study published Friday in the Journal of Paleontology.
They found that the creature was “evidently something very different from any previously described arachnid,” with spiny legs that resemble some modern harvestmen arachnids but with a different type of body. The creature likely used its spines for defensive purposes rather than to attack other animals, similar to a hedgehog’s spines today, Dunlop said. “It means if something tries to bite it, it catches the spines in its mouth.
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