Knowledge About Animals » Megalograptus

Long before T. rex stalked the land or Great White Sharks patrolled the deep blue, the Earth's ancient oceans were ruled by a very different kind of monster. Meet Megalograptus—a terrifying, armored, crab-like creature that lived during the Ordovician period, roughly 450 million years ago. Often called the ultimate "Sea Scorpion" (eurypterid), this ancient predator looked like a wild fusion of a lobster, a...