Protosilvestria
Extinct genus of millipede
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Protosilvestria is an extinct genus of cambalidean diplopod that lived in France during the Priabonian and Rupelian stages of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
| Protosilvestria Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Spirostreptida |
| Genus: | †Protosilvestria |
| Species: | †P. sculpta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protosilvestria sculpta Handschin, 1944 | |
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
The type species, Protosilvestria sculpta, dwelt in caves, and this troglodytic life mode likely helped the species to survive the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event that ravaged much of Europe's terrestrial fauna.[2]