Euphoberia is an extinct genus of myriapod. With a length of 1 m (3 ft 4 in), it was about four times the length of the largest modern-day species, Scolopendra gigantea

Scolopendra gigantea

Scolopendra gigantea is the largest representative of the genus Scolopendra, regularly reaching lengths of and can exceed . It inhabits the northern and western regions of South America and the islands of Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Saint Thomas, U.S...

. Fossils are found in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

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There are varying opinions about the appropriate classification of Euphoberia. Some experts believe it is a millipede

Millipede

Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...

, while others feel it is a primitive centipede

Centipede

Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...

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