Euphoberia
| Euphoberia Temporal range:
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| Euphoberia spinulosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | †Euphoberiida |
| Family: | †Euphoberiidae |
| Genus: | †Euphoberia Meek & Worthen, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Euphoberia armigera Meek & Worthen, 1868
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| Species | |
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E. anguilla Scudder, 1882 | |
Euphoberia is an extinct genus of
There has been uncertainty about the appropriate classification of Euphoberia since its description in 1868: it has been referred to as a
myriapods.[5][6] It is currently placed in the Archipolypoda, an extinct group of millipedes.[1] Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera Myriacantherpestes and Acantherpestes.[7]
References
- ^ S2CID 128871793.
- PMID 19944188.
- S2CID 129046872.
- ^ John Rennie (June 30, 2006). "Four legs, good; two legs, bad... but 100 legs, scary". Scientific American. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Euphoberia armigera". Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum.
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- ^ Burke, J.J. (1979). "A new millipede genus, Myriacantherpestes (Diplopoda, Archipolypoda), and Myriacantherpestes bradebirksi, new species, from the English UK Coal Measures". Kirtlandia. 30: 1–24.