Biology:Archidesmus
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Short description: Extinct genus of millipedes
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| Archidesmus macnicoli fossil illustration, anterior end is towards the left. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | †Archidesmida |
| Family: | †Archidesmidae Scudder, 1885 |
| Genus: | †Archidesmus Peach, 1882 |
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| Archidesmus macnicoli | |
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Archidesmus is an extinct millipede genus from the Lower Devonian Old Red Sandstone of the United Kingdom . It is the only member of the taxonomic family Archidesmidae. Individuals were up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long, and had 60 to 80 body segments decorated with tubercles (bumps) on the upper surface, and most segments possessed wing-like keels (paranota) extending to the side. The type species Archidesmus macnicoli was described by British paleontologist Benjamin Peach in 1882.[1] A second species, A. loganensis was also described by Peach[2] but its status as a valid species- or even a myriapod- is debated.[3]
References
- ↑ Peach, B. N. (1882). "On some fossil myriapods from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society 7: 177–188. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54634#page/185/mode/1up.
- ↑ Peach, B. N. (1899). "On some new myriapods from the Palaeozoic rocks of Scotland". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society 14: 113–126. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16111199#page/125/mode/1up.
- ↑ Wilson, Heather M.; Anderson, Lyall I. (2004). "Morphology and taxonomy of Paleozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Archipolypoda) from Scotland". Journal of Paleontology 78 (1): 169–184. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0169:MATOPM>2.0.CO;2.
Wikidata ☰ Q17512579 entry
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