Fossil of 350-million-year-old scorpion is the oldest known land animal to have lived on the Gondwana supercontinent Gondwana was the more southerly of two supercontinents that existed between approximately 510 to 180 million years ago The fossil was found near Grahamstown, South Africa by Dr Robert Gess Scientists hope it will confirm some long-held ideas about early life The fossil has been identified as a new species of scorpion called Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD PUBLISHED: 07:55 EST, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 08:20 EST, 4 September 2013 43 shares 22 View comments A 350-million-year-old scorpion fossil is thought be the oldest known land-living animal in the Southern Hemisphere supercontinent, Gondwana. Gondwana was a giant ancient continent made up of the land masses now known as South America, Australia, Antarctica, Madagascar and India. The specimen was discovered in rocks from the Devonian Witteberg Group near Grahamstown, South Africa by Dr Robert Gess, from the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits University. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2411158/350m-year-old-scorpion-fossil-Gondwana-supercontinents-oldest-known-land-animal.html#ixzz2dxgnvsUL Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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