Pleurojulidae

Pleurojulidae is an extinct family of millipedes known from the Westphalian stage of the upper Carboniferous that are distinct enough to be placed in their own order, Pleurojulida. Fossil pleurojulids up to 10 centimeters long are known from Europe and the United States.[1]

Pleurojulidae
Temporal range: Westphalian
Pleurojulus biornatus fossils
Scientific classification
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Pleurojulida
Family:
Pleurojulidae

Schneider & Werneburg, 1998
Genera
  • Isojulus
  • Pleurojulus

References

  1. Wilson, H. M.; Hannibal, J. T. (2005). "Taxonomy and trunk-ring architecture of pleurojulid millipedes (Diplopoda : Chilognatha : Pleurojulida) from the Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (6): 1105–1119. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[1105:tataop]2.0.co;2.


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