Kylindotherium
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| Kylindotherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Sphaerotheriida |
| Family: | Sphaerotheriidae |
| Genus: | Kylindotherium Attems , 1926 |
| Species: | K. leve |
| Binomial name | |
| Kylindotherium leve Attems , 1926 | |
Kylindotherium is a monotypic genus of giant Pill millipede, native to South Africa. It was first described in 1926 by Attems.[1][2] It consists of a single species, Kylindotherium leve.
References[edit]
- ^ Wesener, Thomas; VandenSpiegel, Didier (December 6, 2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics. 25 (6): 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x. PMID 34879594. S2CID 86041765 – via CrossRef.
- ^ Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928) The Myriopoda of South Africa , Annals of the South African Museum. 26: 1-431. Edinburgh