Euphoberia Temporal range:
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Euphoberia spinulosa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | † Euphoberiida |
Family: | † Euphoberiidae |
Genus: | †
Euphoberia Meek & Worthen, 1868 |
Type species | |
Euphoberia armigera Meek & Worthen, 1868
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Species | |
E. anguilla Scudder, 1882 |
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]