Myriacantherpestes
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| Myriacantherpestes Temporal range: | |
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| M. hystricosus fossil, National Museum of Natural History | |
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| Fossil of Myriacantherpestes clarkorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | †Euphoberiida |
| Family: | †Euphoberiidae |
| Genus: | †Myriacantherpestes Burke, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Eurypterus? (Arthropleura) ferox[1] Salter 1863 | |
| Species | |
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M. bradebirksi Burke 1979 | |
Myriacantherpestes is an extinct genus of spiny millipedes from the Pennsylvanian subperiod of the Carboniferous period, known from fossils in Europe and North America.
