Arthropleura
Extinct genus of many-legged arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Anthopleura.
Arthropleura (Greek for 'jointed ribs') is an extinct genus of massive millipedes that lived in what is now North America and Europe around 345 to 290 million years ago,[1][2] from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous Period to the Sakmarian stage of the lower Permian Period.[1][3] The species of the genus are the largest known land invertebrates of all time, and would have had few, if any, predators.
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Fossil of A. armata at the Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt | |
Life restoration of Arthropleura, head anatomy hypothetically reconstructed after Microdecemplex | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Subclass: | †Arthropleuridea |
Order: | †Arthropleurida Waterlot, 1933 |
Family: | †Arthropleuridae Zittel, 1885 |
Genus: | †Arthropleura Meyer, 1854 |
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