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Eoarthropleura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Myriapoda

Subclass
  
†Arthropleuridea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Diplopoda

Order
  
†Eoarthropleurida Shear & Selden, 1995

Eoarthropleura was a genus of millipede-like creatures which lived between the Late Silurian and Late Devonian periods. 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.

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Eoarthropleura Wikipedia