Biology:Protosilvestria
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Protosilvestria is an extinct genus of cambalidean diplopod that lived in France during the Priabonian and Rupelian stages of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
The type species, Protosilvestria sculpta, dwelt in caves, and this troglodytic life mode likely helped the species to survive the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event that ravaged much of Europe's terrestrial fauna.[2]
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:303577.
- ↑ Charrondière, Jules; Lhéritier, Mickaël; Mennecart, Bastien; Kopylov, Dmitry; Adrien, Jérôme; Schulz, Georg; Perrier, Vincent; Escarguel, Gilles (11 September 2025). "Mummified Palaeogene Spirostreptida and Julida (Arthropoda, Diplopoda) from southern France" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 11 (5). doi:10.1002/spp2.70035. ISSN 2056-2799. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spp2.70035. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
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