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Eoarthropleura was a genus of millipede-like creatures which lived between the Late Silurian and Late Devonian periods. It reached 100 mm (3.9 in) in length. 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). It is the earliest known member of the Arthropleuridea, and the oldest known terrestrial animal of North America.

References

1. ^ William Shear & Paul Selden (1995). "Eoarthropleura (Arthropoda, Arthropleurida) from the Silurian of Britain and the Devonian of North America" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 196 (3): 347–375. doi:10.1127/njgpa/196/1995/347.
2. Robert P. Lynch (1981). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1981. Science Information Division, DSIR. p. 639. Retrieved 2022-08-21.

v t e Orders of the class Diplopoda (millipedes)
Kingdom Animalia Superphylum Ecdysozoa Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda
Living Penicillata Polyxenida (bristle-millipedes) C h i l o g n a t h a Pentazonia Oniscomorpha (pill millipedes) Glomerida Sphaerotheriida (giant pill millipedes) Limacomorpha Glomeridesmida Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes) Colobognatha (suctorial millipedes) Platydesmida Polyzoniida Siphonocryptida Siphonophorida Eugnatha Juliformia Julida Spirobolida Spirostreptida Nematophora Callipodida Chordeumatida Siphoniulida Stemmiulida Merocheta Polydesmida (flat-backed millipedes)
Extinct Arthropleuridea Arthropleurida Eoarthropleurida ?Microdecemplicida C h i l o g n a t h a incertae sedis Zosterogrammida Pentazonia Amynilyspedida Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes) Archipolypoda Archidesmida Cowiedesmida Euphoberiida Palaeosomatida incertae sedis Pleurojulida Eugnatha Juliformia Xyloiuloidea (superfamily)
List of families Diplopoda  Millipedes

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