There are 3 species of centipede described from the Mazon Creek Deposit. Mazoscolopendra is one of 2 described Scolopendromorphs. The second being Palenarthrus impressus. The main difference being Mazoscolopendra having 21 body segments and Palenarthrus having 23. It is interesting to note that while centipede translates to 100 feet, all known centipedes have an odd number of segments. Mazoscolopendra is essentially indistinguishable from modern day scolopendromorphs.  Modern ty