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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. ^ a b c 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. S2CID 128871793.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 129046872.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Euphoberia armigera". Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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