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I think it was millipedes.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-rise-of-the-giant-prehistoric-bugs/143976
One of the largest of these was Arthropleura Armata, a genus of millipede that inhabited coal forests and could grow up to 2.5 metres in length.
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