Biology:Euphoberia
Euphoberia | |
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Euphoberia spinulosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | †Euphoberiida |
Family: | †Euphoberiidae |
Genus: | †Euphoberia Meek & Worthen, 1868 |
Type species | |
Euphoberia armigera Meek & Worthen, 1868
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Species | |
E. anguilla Scudder, 1882 |
Euphoberia is an extinct genus of millipede from the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous, measuring up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length,[1] that is small in Euphoberiidae which contains species with length about 30 centimetres (12 in).[2] Fossils have been found in Europe[3] and North America.[1]
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.[1] Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera Myriacantherpestes and Acantherpestes.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 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 (9): 400–406. doi:10.1017/S0016756800108106. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016756800108106.
- ↑ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20061018205650/http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?p=201&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more201. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Euphoberia armigera". Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum. http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/mazon_creek/gallery.php?RollID=roll01&FrameID=euphoberia.
- ↑ 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 (42): 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222938109459551. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24722936#page/451/mode/1up.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5410374 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoberia.
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