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Arthropleura trackway ( Diplichnites cuithensis ) from the Carboniferous, Serpukhovian, Limestone Coal Formation, Clackmannan Group, Linn Park, Glasgow

James O. Buckman, Simon J. Cuthbert, Paul G. Polson
Published: 15 December 2023
Scottish Journal of Geology (2024) 60 (1): sjg2021-019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2021-019
... Attribution 4.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) The trackways of Arthropleura ( Diplichnites cuithensis ) are common worldwide from deposits of Carboniferous to Permian age ( Ryan 1986 ; Martino and Greb 2009 ; Schneider et al. 2010 ; Davies et al. 2022...
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The largest arthropod in Earth history: insights from newly discovered Arthropleura remains (Serpukhovian Stainmore Formation, Northumberland, England)

Neil S. Davies, Russell J. Garwood, William J. McMahon, Joerg W. Schneider, Anthony P. Shillito
Published: 21 December 2021
Journal of the Geological Society (2022) 179 (3): jgs2021-115.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-115
...Neil S. Davies; Russell J. Garwood; William J. McMahon; Joerg W. Schneider; Anthony P. Shillito Abstract Arthropleura is a genus of giant myriapods that ranged from the early Carboniferous to Early Permian, with some individuals attaining lengths >2 m. Although most of the known fossils...
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Walking Trails of the Giant Terrestrial Arthropod Arthropleura from the Upper Carboniferous of Kentucky

Ronald L. Martino, Stephen F. Greb
Published: 01 January 2009
Journal of Paleontology (2009) 83 (1): 140–146.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1666/08-093R.1
...Ronald L. Martino; Stephen F. Greb 05 09 2008 The Paleontological Society 2009 Arthropleurids were terrestrial, millipede-like arthropods. The genus Arthropleura Jordan from the Upper Carboniferous reached an enormous size of 2 m or more in length ( Hahn et al., 1986...
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Reconstruction of the Howick <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> . (a) Scale of the Howick Arthr...

Reconstruction of the Howick Arthropleura . (a) Scale of the Howick Arthr...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 11. Reconstruction of the Howick Arthropleura . (a) Scale of the Howick Arthropleura relative to other articulated giant specimens (preserved remains highlighted pink) and the largest Diplichnites cuithensis trackways known from each Carboniferous-Permian stage. Note that the previously
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Images of other structures and trace fossils associated with <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> ...

Images of other structures and trace fossils associated with Arthropleura ...

Published: 15 December 2023
Fig. 7. Images of other structures and trace fossils associated with Arthropleura trackway at Linn Park. ( a , b ) Large irregular bioturbation structures, or possibly rootlet structures; ( c ) surface covered by Planolite s ? ; ( d ) Arenicolites opening ‘funnels’ (arrowed); ( e , f
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Ichnological and palaeobotanical features associated with the <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span>...

Ichnological and palaeobotanical features associated with the Arthropleura...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 6. Ichnological and palaeobotanical features associated with the Arthropleura fossil. ( a ) Trackway of an anthracosaur tetrapod ( Baropezia ) (individual footprints arrowed). Located at 4.6 m on stratigraphic log in Figure 3d . Scale bar 10 cm. ( b ) Detail of Baropezia footprint ( Ba
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Specimen of partial remains of a giant <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> (anterior 12–14 tergi...

Specimen of partial remains of a giant Arthropleura (anterior 12–14 tergi...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 1. Specimen of partial remains of a giant Arthropleura (anterior 12–14 tergites) after excavation from the Serpukhovian Stainmore Formation, Howick Bay, Northumberland, England (CAMSM X.50355). Slab A and slab B are not true part and counterpart, but rather a split through the middle
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Details of the <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> specimen. ( a ) Alternation of granular (1) a...

Details of the Arthropleura specimen. ( a ) Alternation of granular (1) a...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 8. Details of the Arthropleura specimen. ( a ) Alternation of granular (1) and smooth (2) texture on medial tergites. Granular texture interpreted to reflect degraded verrucose texture to anterior part of each tergite. View of underside of dorsal exoskeleton preserved on surface of slab
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Trace fossil evidence for <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> from the trackway Diplichnites cu...

Trace fossil evidence for Arthropleura from the trackway Diplichnites cu...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 12. Trace fossil evidence for Arthropleura from the trackway Diplichnites cuithensis , preserved in strata, near contemporaneous in age to the Howick specimen, from adjacent basins in northern Britain (see Fig. 3 for localities). ( a ) Trackway from which the D. cuithensis holotype
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Palaeogeographical range of <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> body and trace fossils. ( a ) Kn...

Palaeogeographical range of Arthropleura body and trace fossils. ( a ) Kn...

Published: 21 December 2021
Fig. 13. Palaeogeographical range of Arthropleura body and trace fossils. ( a ) Known sites of evidence plotted on a palaeogeographical map of the late Carboniferous ( c. 310 Ma; after Torsvik and Cocks 2016 ). Numbers refer to sites listed in Table 1 . ( b ) Visean to Serpukhovian sites
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Figure 8 —Reconstruction of an Eryops stalking an <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> along t...

Figure 8 —Reconstruction of an Eryops stalking an Arthropleura along t...

Published: 01 January 2009
Figure 8 —Reconstruction of an Eryops stalking an Arthropleura along the dessicating margins of a Late Pennsylvanian ephemeral lake
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Figure 1 —Stratigraphic distribution and age for <span class="search-highlight">Arthropleura</span> body and t...

Figure 1 —Stratigraphic distribution and age for Arthropleura body and t...

Published: 01 January 2009
Figure 1 —Stratigraphic distribution and age for Arthropleura body and trace fossils. Numbered references in table: 1— Pearson (1992) ; 2— Briggs et al. (1979) ; 3— Ferguson (1966 , 1975 ); 4— Briggs et al. (1984) ; 5— Briggs et al. (1984) , Ryan (1986) , McDonald and Gibling (2001) ; 6— Hunt
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A large Taenidium burrow from the Upper Carboniferous of Corrie, Isle of Arran, and remarks on the association of Taenidium burrows and Diplichnites trails

Paul N. Pearson, Robert J. Gooday
Published: 04 November 2019
Scottish Journal of Geology (2019) 55 (2): 135–140.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2019-011
... von Arthropleura (Myriapoda: Ober-Karbon) . Geologica et Palaeontologica , 20 , 125 – 137 . Keighley , D.G. & Pickerill , R.K. 1994 . The ichnogenus Beaconites and its distinction from Ancorichnus and Taenidium . Palaeontology , 37 , 305 – 337 . Leitch , D. 1942...
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Interpreted sketch of the fossil, as preserved in slab A, while still intac...

Interpreted sketch of the fossil, as preserved in slab A, while still intac...

Published: 21 December 2021
of the dorsal site of Arthropleura tergites and paratergites is therefore not visible.
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Mating trackways of a fossil giant millipede

Martin A. Whyte
Published: 18 April 2018
Scottish Journal of Geology (2018) 54 (1): 63–68.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2017-013
.... 1979 . A giant myriapod trail from the Namurian of Scotland . Palaeontology , 22 , 273 – 291 . Briggs , D.E.G. , Plint , A.G. & Pickerill , R.K. 1984 . Arthropleura trails from the Westphalian of eastern Canada . Palaeontology , 27 , 843 – 855 . Diedrich , C.G...
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Figure 4 — Diplichnites cuithensis , specimen PC-6, convex hyporelief. Not...

Figure 4 — Diplichnites cuithensis , specimen PC-6, convex hyporelief. Not...

Published: 01 January 2009
Figure 4 — Diplichnites cuithensis , specimen PC-6, convex hyporelief. Note cast of tetrapod manus ( Limnopus glenshawensis ) below 10 cm bar scale in upper left of photo. Crescentic shaped footfalls in middle of photo indicate changing direction of Arthropleura toward “left.” Fracture in lower
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Ecosystem reconstruction of well-drained alluvial plain (WDF) facies associ...

Ecosystem reconstruction of well-drained alluvial plain (WDF) facies associ...

Published: 01 May 2006
an inactive channel; 5, aestivating Archanodon ; 6, Protodiscus ; 7, Dendropupa ; 8, indet. eurpyterid; 9, indet. scorpion; 10, Arthropleura ; 11, indet. microsaur; 12, Baphetes .
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A Possible Tracemaker for Arthrophycus alleghaniensis

Victoria E. McCoy, Paul K. Strother, Derek E. G. Briggs
Published: 01 November 2012
Journal of Paleontology (2012) 86 (6): 996–1001.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1666/11-133R1.1
... Echinocardium Gray, 1825 ( Bromley and Asgaard, 1975 ) at the end of their burrows. In exceptional cases, size and/or morphological details of the trace itself may lead to the identification of a specific tracemaker, as in trackways attributed to Arthropleura Meyer, 1853 ( Briggs et al., 1979 , 1984...
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Ecosystem reconstruction of poorly drained coastal plain (pPDF) facies asso...

Ecosystem reconstruction of poorly drained coastal plain (pPDF) facies asso...

Published: 01 May 2006
, Archiulus ; 8, Xyloiulus ; 9, Amynilyspes ; 10, Megasecoptera; 11, cf. Mazonia ; 12, Coryphomartus ; 13, Arthropleura ; 14, Graeophonus ; 15, indet. eurypterid; 16, Baphetes ; 17, microsaur; 18, Hylonomus .
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MICROBIAL MATS AND ICHNOFAUNA OF A FLUVIAL-TIDAL CHANNEL IN THE LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN JOGGINS FORMATION, CANADA

ZABRINA M. PRESCOTT, MATTHEW R. STIMSON, LYNN T. DAFOE, MARTIN R. GIBLING, R. ANDREW MACRAE, JOHN H. CALDER, BRIAN L. HEBERT
Journal: PALAIOS
Published: 01 December 2014
PALAIOS (2014) 29 (12): 624–645.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2013.073
... overlap. Briggs et al. (1984) attributed large Diplichnites cuithensis trackways to the myriapod Arthropleura , the largest-known terrestrial arthropod in the fossil record. Although body remains of Arthropleura had not been discovered at the time, Dawson (1862) postulated that the type...
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