V Rare ! Silurian Eoarthropleura oldest millipede fossil Arthropleura ancestor !

Description

Specimen:
Extremely
r
are, single find - Silurian Eoarthropleura one of the oldest millipedes ( Arthroplura ancestor ) from Cooksonia oldest land plants layers !
Locality:
Poland , Holly Cross Mountains , Kielce area
Stratigraphy:
Upper Silurian,
( Ludlowian / Pridolian )
Age:
ca. 422 Mya
Matrix size :
ca. 5,5 x 5,5 x 1,0 cm ( white square on pictures is 1,0 x 1,0 cm)
Extremely Rare, single find -
Silurian Eoarthropleura oldest millipede overgrow from Cooksonia oldest land plants layers - Arthropleura ancestor !
Eoarthropleura was a genus of millipede-like creatures which lived between the Late Silurian and Late Devonian periods. It reached 100 mm (3.9 in) in length. Fossils, mainly of cuticle fragments, have been found in Europe (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Shropshire, England) and North America (New York, USA and New Brunswick, Canada. It is the earliest known member of the Arthropleuridea, and the oldest known terrestrial animal of North America.