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{{Short description|Extinct genus of many-legged arthropods}}
{{Taxobox
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Pennsylvanian}}
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|name = ''Euphoberia''
| image = Euphoberia spinulosa.jpg
|status = fossil
| image_caption = ''Euphoberia spinulosa''
|fossil_range = Late [[Permian]]
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| taxon = Euphoberia
|regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = [[Fielding Bradford Meek|Meek]] & [[Amos Henry Worthen|Worthen]], 1868
|phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
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| type_species = ''Euphoberia armigera''
|subphylum = [[Myriapod]]a
| type_species_authority = Meek & Worthen, 1868
|classis = [[Chilopoda]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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|genus = '''''Euphoberia'''''
| subdivision =
''E. anguilla'' <small>Scudder, 1882</small> <br/>
''[[Euphoberia armigera|E. armigera]]'' <small>Meek & Worthen, 1868</small> <br/>
''E. carri'' <small>Scudder, 1882</small> <br/>
''E. cuspidata'' <small>Scudder, 1890</small><br/>
''E. flabellata'' <small>Scudder, 1882</small> <br/>
''E. granosa'' <small>Scudder, 1882</small> <br/>
''E. simplex'' <small>Scudder 1890</small><br/>
''E. spinulosa'' <small>Scudder 1890</small><br/>
''E. tracta'' <small>Scudder 1890</small>
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'''''Euphoberia''''' is an extinct genus of centipede. With a length of 1 m (3 ft 4 in), it was about four times the size of the largest contemporary species, ''[[Scolopendra gigantea]]''.


'''''Euphoberia''''' is an extinct genus of [[millipede]] from the [[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]] epoch of the Late [[Carboniferous]], measuring up to {{convert|15|cm}} in length,<ref name="Wilson 2006" /> that is small in [[Euphoberiidae]] which contains species with length about {{convert|30|cm}}.<ref name="Shear-Edgecombe 2010">{{cite journal|last=Shear|first=William A.|author2=Edgecombe, Gregory D.|title=The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda|journal=Arthropod Structure & Development|year=2010|volume=39|issue=2–3|pages=174–190|doi=10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002|pmid=19944188|bibcode=2010ArtSD..39..174S }}</ref> [[Fossils]] have been found in [[Europe]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brade|first=S. Birks-Graham|title=An important specimen of Euphoberia ferox from the Middle Coal Measures of Crawcrook|journal=Geological Magazine|year=1928|volume=65|issue=9|pages=400–406|doi=10.1017/S0016756800108106|bibcode=1928GeoM...65..400B |s2cid=129046872 |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016756800108106}}</ref> and [[North America]].<ref name="Wilson 2006">{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Heather M.|title=Aggregation behaviour in juvenile millipedes from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, Illinois|journal=Palaeontology|year=2006|volume=49|issue=4|pages=733–740|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00567.x|s2cid=128871793 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2006Palgy..49..733W }}</ref>
There are varying opinions about the appropriate classification of ''Euphoberia''. Some experts believe it is an ancestor of millipedes while some feel it is an ancestor of the related [[centipede]]s (Chilipoda).


There has been uncertainty about the appropriate classification of ''Euphoberia'' since its description in 1868: it has been referred to as a [[centipede]],<ref>{{cite web |author=John Rennie |date=June 30, 2006 |title=Four legs, good; two legs, bad... but 100 legs, scary |publisher=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?p=201&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more201 |accessdate=October 18, 2013|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018205650/http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?p=201&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more201 |archivedate=October 18, 2006}}</ref> [[millipede]], or a separate, independent group within the [[myriapods]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Euphoberia armigera|url=http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/mazon_creek/gallery.php?RollID=roll01&FrameID=euphoberia|work=Mazon Creek Fossils|publisher=Illinois State Museum}}</ref><ref name=Scudder1881>{{cite journal|last=Scudder|first=Samuel H.|title=XLV.—The structure and affinities of Euphoberia, Meek and Worthen, a genus of Carboniferous Myriopoda|journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History|year=1881|volume=7|issue=42|series=5|pages=437–442|doi=10.1080/00222938109459551|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24722936#page/451/mode/1up}}</ref> It is currently placed in the [[Archipolypoda]], an extinct group of millipedes.<ref name="Wilson 2006"/> Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera ''[[Myriacantherpestes]]'' and ''[[Acantherpestes]]''.<ref name=Burke1979>{{cite journal|last=Burke|first=J.J.|title=A new millipede genus, Myriacantherpestes (Diplopoda, Archipolypoda), and Myriacantherpestes bradebirksi, new species, from the English UK Coal Measures|journal=Kirtlandia|year=1979|volume=30|pages=1–24}}</ref>
==External links==
*{{cite web
| last = Rennie
| first = John
| title = Four Legs, Good; Two Legs, Bad... But 100 Legs, Scary
| publisher = [http://blog.sciam.com/ ''Scientific American'' blog]
| date = [[2006]]-[[06-30]]
| url = http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=four_legs_good_two_legs_bad_100_legs_sca
| accessdate = 2006-08-05 }}


== References ==
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[[Category:Centipedes]]
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[[Category:Prehistoric arthropods]]


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Euphoberia
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Euphoberia spinulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: †Euphoberiida
Family: †Euphoberiidae
Genus: †Euphoberia
Meek & Worthen, 1868
Type species
Euphoberia armigera
Meek & Worthen, 1868
Species

E. anguilla Scudder, 1882
E. armigera Meek & Worthen, 1868
E. carri Scudder, 1882
E. cuspidata Scudder, 1890
E. flabellata Scudder, 1882
E. granosa Scudder, 1882
E. simplex Scudder 1890
E. spinulosa Scudder 1890
E. tracta Scudder 1890

Euphoberia is an extinct genus of millipede from the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous, measuring up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length,[1] that is small in Euphoberiidae which contains species with length about 30 centimetres (12 in).[2] Fossils have been found in Europe[3] and North America.[1]

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.[1] Several species described in the late 19th century have since been assigned to the related genera Myriacantherpestes and Acantherpestes.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wilson, Heather M. (2006). "Aggregation behaviour in juvenile millipedes from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, Illinois". Palaeontology. 49 (4): 733–740. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49..733W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00567.x. S2CID 128871793.
  2. ^ Shear, William A.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2010). "The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda". Arthropod Structure & Development. 39 (2–3): 174–190. Bibcode:2010ArtSD..39..174S. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002. PMID 19944188.
  3. ^ Brade, S. Birks-Graham (1928). "An important specimen of Euphoberia ferox from the Middle Coal Measures of Crawcrook". Geological Magazine. 65 (9): 400–406. Bibcode:1928GeoM...65..400B. doi:10.1017/S0016756800108106. S2CID 129046872.
  4. ^ John Rennie (June 30, 2006). "Four legs, good; two legs, bad... but 100 legs, scary". Scientific American. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "Euphoberia armigera". Mazon Creek Fossils. Illinois State Museum.
  6. ^ Scudder, Samuel H. (1881). "XLV.—The structure and affinities of Euphoberia, Meek and Worthen, a genus of Carboniferous Myriopoda". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5. 7 (42): 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222938109459551.
  7. ^ Burke, J.J. (1979). "A new millipede genus, Myriacantherpestes (Diplopoda, Archipolypoda), and Myriacantherpestes bradebirksi, new species, from the English UK Coal Measures". Kirtlandia. 30: 1–24.
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