Arthropleura | |
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Fossil of A. armata at the Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt | |
Life restoration of Arthropleura, head anatomy hypothetically reconstructed after Microdecemplex | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Subclass: | †Arthropleuridea |
Order: | †Arthropleurida Waterlot, 1933 |
Family: | †Arthropleuridae Zittel, 1885 |
Genus: | †Arthropleura Meyer, 1854 |
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Arthropleura (Greek for 'jointed ribs') is a genus of massive millipedes that lived in what is now North America and Europe around 345 to 290 million years ago,[1][2] from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous Period to the Sakmarian stage of the lower Permian Period.[1][3] The species of the genus are the largest known land invertebrates of all time, and would have had few, if any, predators.
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