Euphoberia Explained

Euphoberia is an extinct genus of millipede from the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous, measuring up to in length, that is small in Euphoberiidae which contains species with length about .^[1] Fossils have been found in Europe^[2] and North America.^[3]

There has been uncertainty about the appropriate classification of Euphoberia since its description in 1868: it has been referred to as a centipede,^[4] millipede, or a separate, independent group within the myriapods.^{[5] [6]} It is currently placed in the Archipolypoda, an extinct group of millipedes.^[3] Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera Myriacantherpestes and Acantherpestes.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Shear. William A.. Edgecombe, Gregory D.. The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda. Arthropod Structure & Development. 2010. 39. 2–3. 174–190. 10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002. 19944188.
2. Brade. S. Birks-Graham. An important specimen of Euphoberia ferox from the Middle Coal Measures of Crawcrook. Geological Magazine. 1928. 65. 9. 400–406. 10.1017/S0016756800108106. 129046872 .
3. Wilson. Heather M.. Aggregation behaviour in juvenile millipedes from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Palaeontology. 2006. 49. 4. 733–740. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00567.x. 128871793 . free.
4. Web site: John Rennie . June 30, 2006 . Four legs, good; two legs, bad... but 100 legs, scary . . October 18, 2013. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061018205650/http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?p=201&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more201 . October 18, 2006.
5. Web site: Euphoberia armigera. Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum.
6. Scudder. Samuel H.. XLV.—The structure and affinities of Euphoberia, Meek and Worthen, a genus of Carboniferous Myriopoda. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1881. 7. 42. 5. 437–442. 10.1080/00222938109459551.
7. Burke. J.J.. A new millipede genus, Myriacantherpestes (Diplopoda, Archipolypoda), and Myriacantherpestes bradebirksi, new species, from the English UK Coal Measures. Kirtlandia. 1979. 30. 1–24.