Andrognathus
Genus of millipedes
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Andrognathus is a genus of North American millipedes in the family Andrognathidae, containing three species: A. corticarius, A. grubbsi, and A. hoffmani.[1] The fossil species Andrognathus burmiticus is known from approximately 99 million year old Burmese amber from Myanmar, showing that the genus had a much wider distribution in the past.[2]
| Andrognathus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Andrognathus corticarius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Platydesmida |
| Family: | Andrognathidae |
| Genus: | Andrognathus Cope, 1869 |