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Sclerotized/sandbox; Temporal range: Early Viséan-Latest Asselian, 345–295 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of A. armata at the Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt
	Life restoration of A. armata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Subclass:	†Arthropleuridea
Order:	†Arthropleurida; Waterlot, 1933
Family:	†Arthropleuridae; Zittel, 1885
Genus:	†Arthropleura; von Meyer, 1854
Species
	A. armata Meyer, 1854; A. britannica Andrée, 1913; A. cristata Richardson, 1959; A. enodis Guthörl, 1934; A. maillieuxi Pruvost, 1930; A. mammata Salter, 1863; A. punctata Goldenberg, 1873;
Synonyms
	A. affinis Goldenberg, 1873; A. moyseyi Calman, 1914; A. zeilleri Boule, 1893;

Arthropleura (Greek for jointed ribs) ^{[source?/dubious translation]} is a genus of extinct millipede arthropods that lived in what is now northeastern North America and Scotland around 345 to 295 million years ago, from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous Period to the Asselian stage of the lower Permian Period.^[2] The species of the genus are the largest known land invertebrates of all time, and would have had few, if any, predators ^[source?].

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References[edit]

^ "Arthropleura". Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ Ronald L. Martino and Stephen F. Greb (2009). "Walking Trails of the Giant Terrestrial Arthropod Arthropleura from the UpperCarboniferous of Kentucky". Journal of Paleontology. Retrieved on 23 December 2019.

External links[edit]

Lyall I. Anderson; Jason A. Dunlop; Carl A. Horrocks; Heather M. Winkelmann; R. M. C. Eagar (1998). "Exceptionally preserved fossils from Bickershaw, Lancashire UK (Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian A (Langsettian))". Geological Journal. 32 (3): 197–210. doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1034(199709)32:3<197::aid-gj739>3.0.co;2-6.
A profile of the Arthropleura

Category:Mississippian first appearances Category:Carboniferous arthropods of Europe Category:Carboniferous arthropods of North America Category:Pennsylvanian extinctions Category:Fossil taxa described in 1854 Category:Carboniferous myriapods Category:Carboniferous Scotland Category:Fossils of the United Kingdom Category:Fossils of Scotland Category:Fossils of Canada

[FW-1] "Arthropleura". Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[2] Ronald L. Martino and Stephen F. Greb (2009). "Walking Trails of the Giant Terrestrial Arthropod Arthropleura from the UpperCarboniferous of Kentucky". Journal of Paleontology. Retrieved on 23 December 2019.

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