The animal was one of the largest alive at the time.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31837024
Hi Elizabeth,
That is a great question! Actually, our friends over at BBC published an article about this earlier in the year. The animal you’re asking about is actually an ancestor of modern-day lobsters that lived 480 million years ago! The scientific name of this fossil is Aegirocassis benmoulae, named after Mohamed Ben Moula who discovered it.
I don’t think humans could fit in its mouth since the A. benmoulae had little spines attached to its head that it would use to filter feed tiny little bits of food.
If you want to read more about it you can find the BBC article here: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31837024 and you can find some real cool images of the fossil in the original scientific paper published in Nature, here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7554/full/nature14256.html
Thanks so much for the question and keep in touch!
Sincerely,
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