Centipedes Temporal range: 418–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Silurian tae present
Lithobius forficatus
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Cless:	Chilopoda Latreille, 1817
Orders an Faimilies
Scutigeromorpha Pselliodidae Scutigeridae Scutigerinidae Lithobiomorpha Henicopidae Lithobiidae Craterostigmomorpha Craterostigmidae Scolopendromorpha Cryptopidae Scolopendridae Scolopocryptopidae Geophilomorpha Himantariidae Mecistocephalidae Neogeophilidae Geophilidae Oryidae Linotaeniidae

Centipedes (frae Latin prefix centi-, "hundrit", an pes, pedere, "fit") are arthropods belangin tae the cless Chilopoda o the subphylum Myriapoda.