What are some less well known giant "bugs" from the Carboniferous?

[Neanderthal Shaman]

I have taken a great interest in the Carboniferous period lately, but aside from the more well known 3 (Meganeura, arthropleura, and pulmunoscorpius) finding info on other giant "bugs" seems kind of difficult. 

[Fossildude19]

Not sure that they qualify as giant, but, ...

Trigonotarbida

[RuMert]

Large eurypterids as well

[rocket]

might be, this is interesting, deals with carboniferous insects from middle germany, some larger ones inbetween

 

GuP_Heft_59.pdf

[FossilNerd]

A giant cockroach was found in the Carboniferous rock of Ohio back in 2001. It was around 9cm long, which is about double the average size of cockroaches today. Unfortunately I can’t find anything this morning regarding its scientific name (need more coffee ☕), but here are a couple of articles.

 

https://news.osu.edu/largest-fossil-cockroach-found-site-preserves-incredible-detail/

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1640807.stm

[Missourian]

18 hours ago, RuMert said:

Large eurypterids as well

 

Beautiful carapace of Hibbertopterus_scouleri illustrated in Wikipedia:

 

 

(It looks like the specimen has been handled many times through the years... which gives it character)

 

Additionally, it looks like this is the specimen illustrated (as Campylocephalus) in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology:

 

 

A specimen more or less like this of a Pennsylvanian stylonurina (stylonurinid?) has long been at the top of my bucket list

[Neanderthal Shaman]

On 12/12/2023 at 4:11 PM, rocket said:

might be, this is interesting, deals with carboniferous insects from middle germany, some larger ones inbetween

 

GuP_Heft_59.pdf 2.79 MB · 6 downloads

Unfortunately I can't seem to open it, it's telling me it's a restricted file. Is it from a university that requires a password or login?

[rocket]

No, its not restricted.

Might be this works

 

Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen (lwl.org)

 

This was part of the "Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen", issue Nr. 59

download is free

 

 

[Neanderthal Shaman]

4 hours ago, rocket said:

No, its not restricted.

Might be this works

 

Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen (lwl.org)

 

This was part of the "Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen", issue Nr. 59

download is free

 

 

Ah okay, i think it was just because I was on my phone and had poor signal! Very cool pictures, but I don't speak German unfortunately!

[rocket]

It is possible to copy the text from the pdf and translate with an online-translator 👍

Takes time, but I do it often with paper in languages I really do not understand and it works really good

[Yoda]

This book is worth getting 

Lots of info on gigantism during the Carboniferous 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Yoda

[Neanderthal Shaman]

On 12/15/2023 at 3:35 AM, Yoda said:

This book is worth getting 

Lots of info on gigantism during the Carboniferous 

 

 

 

On my list!

[Neanderthal Shaman]

Mazothairos - Wikipedia

 

Found another one!