Protosilvestria
| Protosilvestria Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Spirostreptida |
| Genus: | †Protosilvestria |
| Species: | †P. sculpta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protosilvestria sculpta Handschin, 1944
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Protosilvestria is an extinct genus of cambalidean diplopod that lived in France during the Priabonian and Rupelian stages of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
The type species, Protosilvestria sculpta, dwelt in caves, and this troglodytic life mode likely helped the species to survive the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event that ravaged much of Europe's terrestrial fauna.[2]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ Charrondière, Jules; Lhéritier, Mickaël; Mennecart, Bastien; Kopylov, Dmitry; Adrien, Jérôme; Schulz, Georg; Perrier, Vincent; Escarguel, Gilles (11 September 2025). "Mummified Palaeogene Spirostreptida and Julida (Arthropoda, Diplopoda) from southern France". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (5). doi:10.1002/spp2.70035. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.