JULIFORMIAN MILLIPEDES FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF EURAMERICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF MILLIPEDE CLADOGENESIS IN THE PALEOZOIC

From: Journal of Paleontology | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Wilson, Heather M | Copyright information

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Two new xyloiuloid millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Juliformia) are described and placed in the new family Gaspestriidae: Gaspestria genselorum n. gen and sp. from the Emsian of Québec and New Brunswick and Sigmastria dilata n. gen. and sp. from the Pragian of the Midland Valley of Scotland. These new millipedes extend the stratigraphic range of xyloiuloid millipedes, which previously were only described from the Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America. All xyloiuloid m...

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