Unlike many horseshoe crab fossils discovered in the past, Vaderlimulus dates to the Triassic Period. It’s the first such crab fossil found from that period, with the vast majority dating to an ...

In 2008, amateur fossil hunter Karl Raubenheimer was walking ... also known as southern giant crabs or Tasmanian giant crabs, are this ancient creature’s modern relatives. These crabs of today ...

Scientists led by paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry found the fossil in June 2020 at McGraths ... the huntsman spider in Australia is also known as the giant crab spider. The name comes from ...