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Arthropleura is the largest known species of arthropods to have ever existed.
The 8.5-foot-long ( 2.6 meters ) creatures first appeared 346 million years ago , and disappeared around 50 million years after that.
The critters left behind a mystery for paleobiologists to ponder over: Just how closely related were they to their far, far smaller modern counterparts.
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