The Billipede

Illustrated portrait of the extinct giant Billipede from the award winning musical adventure book, Lost on Infinity.

Arthur Pleura, the Billipede is the long-suffering many-many-many-many-many legged clerk to The
Registrar. Originally, the Check-In clerk was a prehistoric Spider, but soon his eight legs were not enough to cope with the number of creatures arriving each day, so the Billipede was promoted.

 

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Story Role

It is the Billipede’s job is to check Colonel Utensil’s Seaweed sheets and ensure that all the animals have arrived correctly on Infinity.

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Cause of Extinction

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Extinction Status Extinct: 5,000 years ago
Multi-coloured Billipede body segments were used by humans to make the first counting abacuses.
Species
The Billipede
Scientific Name
Arthurpleura
Status Type
Extinct - Known to Science
Extinct
5,000 years ago
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Did You Know?

1

Ancient arthropods grew huge. Some prehistoric relatives of insects and millipedes became enormous.

2

Exoskeletons protect soft bodies. Arthropods survive using hard outer shells.

3

Segmented bodies evolved early. Many ancient animals developed repeating body sections.

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