Pleurojulidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Infraclass: | Helminthomorpha |
| Order: | †Pleurojulida Wilson & Hannibal, 2005 |
| Family: | †Pleurojulidae Schneider & Werneburg, 1998 |
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Pleurojulidae is an extinct family of millipedes known from the Westphalian stage of the upper Carboniferous that are distinct enough to be placed in their own order, Pleurojulida. Fossil pleurojulids up to 10 centimeters long are known from Europe and the United States.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, H. M.; Hannibal, J. T. (2005). "Taxonomy and trunk-ring architecture of pleurojulid millipedes (Diplopoda : Chilognatha : Pleurojulida) from the Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (6): 1105–1119. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[1105:tataop]2.0.co;2.
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