Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Myriapoda Superorder †Archipolypoda | Phylum Arthropoda Class Diplopoda Rank Family | |
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Order †Euphoberiida
Hoffman, 1969 Similar Archipolypoda, Zosterogrammidae, Eoarthropleura, Siphonocryptida, Arthropleuridea | ||
Euphoberiidae is an extinct family of archipolypodan millipedes known from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America. The family includes relatively large millipedes measuring up to 30 cm (12 in) long bearing distinctive spines and were the dominant millipedes of the Pennsylvanian.
Description
Euphoberiids are characterized by sets of outward-pointing spines on each diplosegment (body ring), one pair extending laterally (to the sides), the other pair higher on the body. At the base of each lateral spine is an ozopore, or defensive gland opening. Species of Acantherpestes and Euphoberia have cylindrical bodies, while those of Myriacantherpestes are more flattened in appearance.
References
Euphoberiidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA