Euphoberiidae

Euphoberiidae
Temporal range:
Myriacantherpestes fossils
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Superorder: Archipolypoda
Order: Euphoberiida
Family: Euphoberiidae
Scudder, 1882
Genera

Euphoberiidae is an extinct family of archipolypodan millipedes known from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America. The family includes relatively large millipedes measuring up to 30 cm (12 in) long bearing distinctive spines and were the dominant millipedes of the Pennsylvanian.

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