Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna
Arthropods
Millipedes and Centipedes
Mazon Creek millipedes were likely similar to their modern forms in that they burrowed and lived amidst detritus on the swamp floor. Fossil centipedes from the area are the earliest known examples in the fossil record. They were likely agile hunters of insects.
Millipedes
Amynilyspes wortheni
Pill Millipede
Euphoberia sp.
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Myriacantherpestes sp.
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Centipedes
Latzelia primordialis
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Mazoscolopendra richardsoni
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Arthropleura cristata
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