Palaeodesmus tuberculata Brade-Birks 1923 (millipede)

Myriapoda

Alternative combination: Kampecaris tuberculata

Full reference: S. G. Brade-Birks. 1923. Notes on Myriapoda, xxxviii. Kampecaris tuberculata, n. sp., from the Old Red Sandstone of Ayrshire. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 20:277-280

Belongs to Palaeodesmus according to H. M. Wilson and L. I. Anderson 2004

See also Almond 1985 and Brade-Birks 1923

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM In. 23803, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dunure (BMNH collection), which is in an Emsian lacustrine siltstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dunure (BMNH collection)

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