†family Woodesmidae Ross et al. 2018 (millipede)

Myriapoda - Woodesmidae

Full reference: A. J. Ross, G. D. Edgecombe, and N. D. L. Clark. 2018. Taxonomic names, in A new terrestrial millipede fauna of earliest Carboniferous (Tournaisian) age from southeastern Scotland helps fill 'Romer’s Gap'. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 108:99-110

Parent taxon: Archipolypoda according to A. J. Ross et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Albadesmus, Anaxeodesmus, Anthracodesmus, Archidesmida, Cowiedesmida, Euphoberidae, Euphoberiida, Kampecaris, Lauravolsella, Palaeodesmus, Palaeosomatida, Pleurojulida, Pneumodesmus

Subtaxa: Woodesmus

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Type: Woodesmus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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