Eoarthropleura was a genus of millipede-like creatures which lived between the Late Silurian and Late Devonian periods.[1] It reached 100 mm (3.9 in) in length.[2] 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).[1] It is the earliest known member of the Arthropleuridea, and the oldest known terrestrial animal of North America.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoarthropleura
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