NEW FLAT-BACKED ARCHIPOLYPODAN MILLIPEDES FROM THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF NORTH AMERICA

Two new flat-backed archipolypodan millipede taxa, Orsadesmus rubecollus n. gen. and sp. and Zanclodesmus willetti n. gen. and sp., are described from the Upper Devonian of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, and Miguasha, Québec, respectively. These new taxa are placed in the new family Zanclodesmidae wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of paleontology 2005-07, Vol.79 (4), p.738-744
Hauptverfasser:	WILSON, HEATHER M, DAESCHLER, EDWARD B, DESBIENS, SYLVAIN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Archidesmida Arthropoda Arthropods biogeography Bonaventure County Quebec Canada Catskill Formation Clinton County Pennsylvania Devonian Diplopoda Duncannon Member Eastern Canada Escuminac Formation Famennian Fauna Fossils Frasnian age Geologic shear Geology Invertebrata invertebrate Mandibulata Miguasha National Park morphology Myriapoda New genus new taxa Orsadesmus Orsedesmus rubecollus Paleontology Paleozoic Pennsylvania Ponds Quebec Sandstone Sandstones Sediments Taxa taxonomy United States Upper Devonian upper Famennian Zanclodesmidae Zanclodesmus Zanclodesmus willetti
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Zusammenfassung:	Two new flat-backed archipolypodan millipede taxa, Orsadesmus rubecollus n. gen. and sp. and Zanclodesmus willetti n. gen. and sp., are described from the Upper Devonian of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, and Miguasha, Québec, respectively. These new taxa are placed in the new family Zanclodesmidae within the order Archidesmida. Archidesmida have previously only been described from the United Kingdom, and their presence in North America confirms a geographic continuum in the millipede fauna across the Old Red Sandstone Continent during the Devonian.
ISSN:	0022-3360 1937-2337
DOI:	10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0738:NFAMFT]2.0.CO;2