Amynilyspes
Amynilyspes | |
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Amynilyspes crescens | |
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Subphylum: | Myriapoda
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Class: | Diplopoda
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Order: | Amynilyspedida
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Genus: | Amynilyspes Scudder, 1882
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Type species | |
Amynilyspes wortheni Scudder, 1882
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Amynilyspes is an extinct genus of pill millipedes characterized by fourteen tergites, large eyes, and prominent spines. Individuals measure up to 30 mm (1.2 in) in length.[1]
References[]
- ^ Racheboeuf, Patrick R.; Hannibal, Joseph T.; Vannier, Jean (2004). "A new species of the diplopod Amynilyspes (Oniscomorpha) from the Stephanian Lagerstätte of Montceau-les-Mines, France". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (1): 221–229. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0221:ANSOTD>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4094852.
Categories:
- Millipede genera
- Carboniferous myriapods
- Prehistoric myriapod genera
- Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
- Fossil taxa described in 1882
- Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
- Prehistoric arthropod stubs
- Myriapod stubs