Myriacantherpestes

Myriacantherpestes
Myriacantherpestes
Temporal range: 415 Ma
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Early Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: †Euphoberiida
Family: †Euphoberiidae
Genus: †Myriacantherpestes
Species: M. bradebirksi

Myriacantherpestes is an extinct genus of primitive millipede like arthropod from the middle Silurian. [1]

Description

Myriacantherpestes is believed to be one of the first arthropods called myriapods, which means thousand legs. Myriacantherpestes had many armoured and spiked body segments, which may have been a defense from predators, or a way to identify eact other.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bradley, Timothy (2008). Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest. Chronicle Books. pp. pp. 48. ISBN 0811860221. 
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