Myriacantherpestes
{{Short description|Extinct genus of millipedes}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Myriacantherpestes
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Carboniferous}}
| image = Myriacantherpestes NMNH.jpg
| image_caption = M. hystricosus fossil, National Museum of Natural History
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Diplopoda
| superordo = †Archipolypoda
| ordo = †Euphoberiida
| familia = †Euphoberiidae
| genus = †Myriacantherpestes
| genus_authority = Burke, 1979
| type_species = Acantherpestes ferox
| type_species_authority = Salter 1863
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = M. bradebirksi Burke 1979
M. clarkorum (Burke 1973)
M. excrescens (Janssen 1940)
M. ferox (Salter 1863)
M. hystricosus (Scudder 1890)
M. inequalis (Scudder 1890)
}}
Myriacantherpestes is an extinct genus of spiny millipedes from the Pennsylvanian subperiod of the Carboniferous period, known from fossils in Europe and North America.
Description
Like other Euphoberiids, Myriacantherpestes had prominent dorsal and lateral spines. Myriacantherpestes differs from other members of Euphoberiidae in part by having much longer lateral spines.{{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|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/212107#page/9/mode/1up}}
Taxonomic history
Several species currently assigned to Myriacantherpestes were formerly in the genera Acantherpestes and Euphoberia. The species M. excrescens was originally described as a fossilized cycad seed.{{cite journal|last=Lemay|first=Stephen|author2=Hannibal, Joseph T.|title=Trigonocarpus excrescens Janssen, 1940, a supposed seed from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois, is a milliped (Diplopoda: Euphoberiidae)|journal=Kirtlandia|year=2002|volume=53|pages=37–40|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/212109#page/347/mode/1up}}
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Category:Prehistoric myriapod genera
Category:Carboniferous myriapods
Category:Extinct animals of Europe
Category:Extinct animals of North America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1979
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