Eoarthropleura Temporal range:
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Order: | †Eoarthropleurida Shear & Selden, 1995
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Family: | †Eoarthropleuridae
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Genus: | Eoarthropleura
Størmer, 1976
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E. devonica 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]
Eoarthropleura Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Subphylum: | |
Class: | |
Subclass: | |
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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Species | |
E. devonica 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]