Protosilvestria

Protosilvestria Temporal range: Priabonian–Rupelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Spirostreptida
Genus:	† Protosilvestria
Species:	†P. sculpta
Binomial name
†Protosilvestria sculpta Handschin, 1944

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]

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]

References

1. "PBDB Taxon" . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
2. Charrondière, Jules; Lhéritier, Mickaël; Mennecart, Bastien; Kopylov, Dmitry; Adrien, Jérôme; Schulz, Georg; Perrier, Vincent; Escarguel, Gilles (11 September 2025). "Mummified Palaeogene Spirostreptida and Julida (Arthropoda, Diplopoda) from southern France". Papers in Palaeontology . 11 (5). doi:10.1002/spp2.70035. ISSN   2056-2799 . Retrieved 7 February 2026– via Taylor and Francis Online.