Pneumodesmus
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Pneumodesmus newmani is a species of myriapod that lived during the late Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period around 428 million years ago.[1][2][3] Although a 2017 study dates its occurrence based on zircon data analysis as the Early Devonian (Lochkovian),[4] the 2023 study confirmed the age identification of the 2004 study through palynological, palaeobotanical and zircon analyses incorporating newly discovered additional data.[3] It is one of the first myriapods, and among the oldest creatures to have lived on land.[5] It was discovered in 2004, and is known from a single specimen from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[2]
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Reconstruction of P. newmani | |
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Pneumodesmus newmani Wilson & Anderson, 2004 [1] | |
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