Kylindotherium

Kylindotherium
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928) The Myriopoda of South Africa , Annals of the South African Museum. 26: 1-431. Edinburgh