A fossil pincer more than 159 millimetres long has been identified as a scorpion's, after a century in which the animal was most often filed among the crustaceans, and the scorpion reading was still being rejected in 2024

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, September 8, 2026). A fossil pincer more than 159 millimetres long has been identified as a scorpion's, after a century in which the animal was most often filed among the crustaceans, and the scorpion reading was still being rejected in 2024: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-09-08/a-fossil-pincer-more-than-159-millimetres-long-has-been-identified-as-a

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{A fossil pincer more than 159 millimetres long has been identified as a scorpion\'s, after a century in which the animal was most often filed among the crustaceans, and the scorpion reading was still being rejected in 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-09-08/a-fossil-pincer-more-than-159-millimetres-long-has-been-identified-as-a},
  note = {Tracked across 4 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([A fossil pincer more than 159 millimetres long has been identified as a scorpion's, after a century in which the animal was most often filed among the crustaceans, and the scorpion reading was still being rejected in 2024](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-09-08/a-fossil-pincer-more-than-159-millimetres-long-has-been-identified-as-a)), this event was corroborated across 4 independent sources with a live velocity of 2.