Arthropleura Giant Millipede T-Shirt — Plate 143

The Arthropleura crawling across a coal-swamp floor, reconstructed from the fossil evidence rather than from the movies.

Plate 143 of the Deep Time Atlas: museum-style paleo-art of Arthropleura armata, reconstructed from fossil evidence and current research.

Field notes

• Period and age: Carboniferous, 345–295 Ma
• Where fossils are found: Europe & North America
• Group: Paleozoic Life
• Setting in the art: Coal swamp: giant club mosses (Lepidodendron), horsetails, tree ferns; no flowers, no grass
• What the fossils tell us: Largest land arthropod ever (~2.6 m)

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (heather colors are a cotton-poly blend)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), soft and lightweight
• Pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Printed on demand (DTG) for you; blank sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras or the US

Note: the fabric is slightly sheer and may show through a little in lighter colors.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.