A NEW RECORD OF THE MYRIAPOD GENUS ARTHROPLEURA JORDAN IN JORDAN ET VON MEYER, 1854 FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF UKRAINE

В.С.  Дернов

doi:10.30836/igs.1025-6814.2025.1.301847

Автор(и)

В.С. Дернов Інститут геологічних наук НАН України; Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України, Україна https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5873-394X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30836/igs.1025-6814.2025.1.301847

Ключові слова:

членистоногі, багатоніжки, Arthropleura, пенсильваній, Донецький басейн, Україна

Анотація

З континентальних (ймовірно, озерних) порід моспинської світи (верхня частина башкирського ярусу, нижній пенсильваній) півдня Луганської області описано нові знахідки решток, вірогідно, ювенільних особин гігантських наземних багатоніжок роду Arthropleura Jordan in Jordan et von Meyer, 1854, визначених за відкритою номенклатурою лише до родового рівня (A. sp.). Вивчені рештки A. sp. відрізняються від більшості скам’янілостей артроплеврид, описаних і зображених попередніми дослідниками, значно меншими розмірами, значно меншою кількістю горбків на поверхні паратергітів і відсутністю значної градації розмірів цих горбків. Нові знахідки підтверджують припущення деяких дослідників щодо того, що молоді та дорослі особини роду Arthropleura могли обирати різні біотопи для свого існування.

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