Eoarthropleura
Extinct genus of many-legged arthropods
| Eoarthropleura Temporal range: Pridoli–Frasnian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | †Arthropleuridea |
| Order: | †Eoarthropleurida Shear & Selden, 1995 |
| Family: | †Eoarthropleuridae Størmer, 1976 |
| Genus: | Eoarthropleura Størmer, 1976 |
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| E. devonica Størmer, 1976 | |
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Eoarthropleura was a genus of millipede-like creatures which lived between the Late Silurian and Late Devonian periods.[1] It reached 100 mm (3.9 in) in length.[2] Fossils, mainly of cuticle fragments, have been found in Europe (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Shropshire, England) and North America (New York, USA and New Brunswick, Canada).[1] It is the earliest known member of the Arthropleuridea, and the oldest known terrestrial animal of North America.[1]
References
- ^ a b c William Shear & Paul Selden (1995). "Eoarthropleura (Arthropoda, Arthropleurida) from the Silurian of Britain and the Devonian of North America" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 196 (3): 347–375.
- ^ Robert P. Lynch (1981). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1981. Science Information Division, DSIR. p. 639. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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Orders of the class Diplopoda (millipedes)
- Kingdom Animalia
- Superphylum Ecdysozoa
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Subphylum Myriapoda
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