Biology:Eoarthropleura
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Short description: Extinct genus of many-legged arthropods
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| Order: | †Eoarthropleurida Shear & Selden, 1995
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| Family: | †Eoarthropleuridae Størmer, 1976
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| Genus: | Eoarthropleura 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Shear & Paul Selden (1995). "Eoarthropleura (Arthropoda, Arthropleurida) from the Silurian of Britain and the Devonian of North America". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 196 (3): 347–375. http://www.paulselden.net/uploads/7/5/3/2/7532217/eoarthropleura.pdf.
- ↑ Robert P. Lynch (1981). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1981. Science Information Division, DSIR. p. 639. https://books.google.com/books?id=RNk4AAAAIAAJ&dq=Eoarthropleura+size&pg=PA639. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
Wikidata ☰ Q989964 entry
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