Largest ever spider fossil discovered

What? Only 6 inches?

What? Only 6 inches?

I think you forgot the " prehistoric " spider bit , the oldest tarantula fossils are Miocene in age or about 16 million years old , where as this thing was 160 million years old or so . Hope this helps . TiP. Alright, thanks for the clarification. I'm sure these news sites deliberately use ambiguous headlines like this (note that "prehistoric" is lacking from the title on numerous iterations of this article) to pique the interest of people and draw them in.

Six inches, twelve inches, does it really matter when we're talking about freaking spiders?

HN- you meanie! I still have a real fright of them, but it's alright actually. I keep a big measuring jug handy and manage to evict them. Blimey though, it makes me sweat even with a surface between us!! Isn't that silly? But they do!

Lord, I hate spiders. lol I would have a heart attack if i ever saw something like that.

It's a shame that Megarachne wasn´t a spider after all, but some sort of sea scorpion-thingy. But hey, Nephila jurassica still scary! Some modern day golden orb-weavers have been known to capture birds in their webs: And Nephila jurassica lived among small arboreal dinosaurs like Epidendrosaurus and Scansoriopteryx, which may have ended up as the spider's dinner once in a while. That's a dinosaur-eating spider, folks XD

I think the point was it is the largest FOSSIL FOUND not the largest spider

Oh man...Just as I thought I was even slightly defeating my arachnapobia, I am proven wrong..so, so very wrong...

I think the point was it is the largest FOSSIL FOUND not the largest spider Yeah, but that isn't as much fun. Nibs