Key facts
- AI models can generate realistic images of extinct creatures.
- Metre-long Jaekelopterus scorpions lived in ancient England during the Devonian period.
- These scorpions were large predatory arthropods.
- Praearcturus gigas is confirmed as the largest scorpion ever found.
- Praearcturus gigas prowled shallow waters 415 million years ago.
Paleontologists have confirmed that Praearcturus gigas, a creature that prowled shallow waters during the Devonian period, 415 million years ago, is the largest scorpion ever found. Scientists have also discovered fossils of metre-long scorpions in ancient England. These ancient creatures, known as Jaekelopterus, were large predatory arthropods that lived in the Devonian period. Advanced AI image generation models can now create highly realistic visual representations of these extinct arthropods, bringing the ancient world to life through digital art.