Euphoberia
| Euphoberia Temporal range: Pennsylvanian | |
|---|---|
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| Euphoberia spinulosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Superorder: | †Archipolypoda |
| Order: | †Euphoberiida |
| Family: | †Euphoberiidae |
| Genus: | Euphoberia Meek & Worthen, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Euphoberia armigera Meek & Worthen, 1868 | |
| Species | |
|
E. anguilla Scudder, 1882 | |
Euphoberia is an extinct genus of millipede from the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous, measuring up to 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[1] Fossils have been found in Europe[2] and North America.[3]
There has been uncertainty about the appropriate classification of Euphoberia since its description in 1868: it has been referred to as a centipede,[4] millipede, or a separate, independent group within the myriapods.[5][6] It is currently placed in the Archipolypoda, an extinct group of millipedes.[3] Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera Myriacantherpestes and Acantherpestes.[7]
References
- ↑ Shear, William A.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2010). "The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda". Arthropod Structure & Development 39 (2-3): 174–190. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002. PMID 19944188.
- ↑ Brade, S. Birks-Graham (1928). "An important specimen of Euphoberia ferox from the Middle Coal Measures of Crawcrook". Geological Magazine 65 (09): 400–406. doi:10.1017/S0016756800108106.
- 1 2 Wilson, Heather M. (2006). "Aggregation behaviour in juvenile millipedes from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, Illinois". Palaeontology 49 (4): 733–740. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00567.x.
- ↑ John Rennie (June 30, 2006). "Four legs, good; two legs, bad... but 100 legs, scary". Scientific American. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Euphoberia armigera". Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum.
- ↑ Scudder, Samuel H. (1881). "XLV.—The structure and affinities of Euphoberia, Meek and Worthen, a genus of Carboniferous Myriopoda". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 7: 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222938109459551.
- ↑ Burke, J.J. (1979). "A new millipede genus, Myriacantherpestes (Diplopoda, Archipolypoda), and Myriacantherpestes bradebirksi, new species, from the English UK Coal Measures". Kirtlandia 30: 1–24.