Extinct genus of many-legged arthropods
Eoarthropleura
Temporal range: Pridoli–Frasnian |
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†Eoarthropleurida
Shear & Selden, 1995
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†Eoarthropleuridae
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Eoarthropleura
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E. devonica Størmer, 1976
E. hueberi Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
E. ludfordensis Shear & Selden, 1995
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- Tiphoscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
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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]
