During the Paleozoic era, a group of giant sea scorpions lived approximately 444 million years ago. Evidence of these massive ...

In 2010, a portion of the Upper Iowa River was excavated and fossils of the giant Sea Scorpion were discovered. Luther ...

A known treasure trove of Early Cretaceous fossils has turned up a never-before-seen species of scorpion that lived around 125 million years ago. The venomous scorpion was larger than many ancient ...

Still, next to nothing is known about most local scorpion species. During the Paleozoic Era, giant sea scorpions would have been the equivalent of a great white shark in their food web.