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Onychophora (velvet worm)
Taxonomy
Onychophora was named by Grube (1853). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Panarthropoda by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Nielsen (2012) and Yang et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Panarthropoda by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Nielsen (2012) and Yang et al. (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1853 | Onychophora Grube |
1998 | Onychophora Zrzavy et al. |
2000 | Udeonychophora Poinar |
2011 | Onychophora Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
2012 | Onychophora Nielsen p. 259 figs. Fig. 42.1 |
2015 | Onychophora Yang et al. p. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Ph. Onychophora Grube 1853 [velvet worm]
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Or. Euonychophora Hutchinson 1930
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Invalid names: Ontonychophora Poinar 2000 [synonym]
Unr. †Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron 2015
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G. †Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977
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†Hallucigenia fortis Hou and Bergström 1995
†Hallucigenia hongmeia Steiner et al. 2012
†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977
Fm. †Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris 1977
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Invalid names: Luolishaniidae Hou and Bergstrom 1995 [empty]
G. †Microdictyon Bengston et al. 1981
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†Microdictyon cuneum Wotte and Sundberg 2017
†Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
†Microdictyon effusum Bengtson et al. 1981
†Microdictyon montezumaensis Wotte and Sundberg 2017
†Microdictyon rhomboidale Bengtson et al. 1986
†Microdictyon robisoni Bengtson et al. 1986
†Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al. 1989
†Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz 1987
Invalid names: Udeonychophora Poinar 2000 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Langhian or 525.50000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 521.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 521.0 Ma
Collections (103 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Placentian | USA (Massachusetts) | Microdictyon sp. 1, Microdictyon sp. 2 (56841) | |
Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Yunnan) | Hallucigenia indet. (185939) Hallucigenia sp. (185938) | |
Tommotian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Xenusion auerswaldae (90597) | |
Tommotian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Xenusion auerswaldae (90596) | |
Tommotian | United Kingdom (England) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (79929) | |
Tommotian - Atdabanian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Rushtonites asiatica (6897) | |
Atdabanian | China | Microdictyon spp. (151497) | |
Atdabanian | United Kingdom (England) | Rushtonites spinosus (79933) | |
Atdabanian | China (Shaanxi) | Microdictyon chinense, Microdictyon spiniferum, Microdictyon typicum (57691) Microdictyon effusum (86679) Microdictyon fuchengense (57696) | |
Atdabanian | Kyrgyzstan | Microdictyon effusum (99326 99328) | |
Atdabanian | Kazakhstan | Microdictyon effusum (99299 99300 99301 99303) | |
Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | Cardiodictyon catenulum (90135 90137 90151) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Microdictyon sinicum (86846 90133) Cardiodictyon sp., Hallucigenia sp. (86929) Cardiodictyon sp., Hallucigenia sp., Microdictyon sp. (86930) Diania cactiformis, Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (68083) Hallucigenia sp., Microdictyon sp. (86933) Microdictyon sinicum (90126 90164 90165 90166 90494) Microdictyon sp. (86688) | |
Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Microdictyon depressum (97740 97741 97742 97746 97747 97789) | |
Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | Antennacanthopodia gracilis (138434 138435) Cardiodictyon catenulum (194160) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (194155) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Microdictyon sinicum (194162) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Microdictyon sinicum, Hallucigenia fortis (132330) Diania cactiformis, Microdictyon sinicum (194153) Hallucigenia sparsa, Hallucigenia hongmeia (234720) Microdictyon sinicum (132327 132328 194140) | |
Atdabanian - Botomian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (9350 9391) | |
Montezuman - Atdabanian | Mexico | Microdictyon sp. (10681) | |
Montezuman | USA (Nevada) | Microdictyon sp., Microdictyon rhomboidale, Microdictyon cuneum, Microdictyon montezumaensis (199532) | |
Montezuman | Mexico | Microdictyon multicavus (203107) Microdictyon sp. (10680) | |
Branchian | United Kingdom (England) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (79931 79932) Microdictyon sphaeroides, Rushtonites spinosus (79928) | |
Branchian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Microdictyon sp. (84395) | |
Botomian | Kazakhstan | Microdictyon effusum (99362) | |
Botomian | Russian Federation (Yakutia) | Microdictyon sp. (90438) | |
Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | Luolishaniidae Emu Bay sp. (213139) Microdictyon depressum (96916 96932 96958 96959 97777) | |
Dyeran | Greenland | Microdictyon sp. (49458 49464 49471) | |
Toyonian | Turkey (Konya) | Microdictyon sp. (91535) | |
Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | Hallucigenia sp. (84429 84432 84433 84434) Hallucigenia sp. A, Hallucigenia sparsa (84423) Hallucigenia sp. A, Hallucigenia sparsa, Aysheaia pedunculata (84424 84425) Hallucigenia sp., Aysheaia pedunculata (84427) Hallucigenia sparsa (84421) Hallucigenia sparsa, Aysheaia pedunculata (84426 84428) | |
Delamaran | USA (Utah) | Aysheaia sp. (77217) | |
Amgan | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Microdictyon robisoni (110820 110821 110822) | |
Solvan | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Microdictyon sp. (49431) Microdictyon sp., Microdictyon robisoni (49429 49430) Microdictyon sphaeroides, Microdictyon robisoni (110823) | |
Taijangian | China (Guizhou) | Microdictyon sp. (79770) | |
Middle Cambrian | Greenland | Microdictyon sp. (193556) | |
Maentwrogian | Sweden | Orstenotubulus evamuellerae (9891) | |
Wenlock | United Kingdom | Thanahita distos (68060) | |
Westphalian | USA (Illinois) | Carbotubulus waloszeki (11189) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Helenodora inopinata (112637 112638 151852) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Cretoperipatus burmiticus (111688 178121 182148) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Tertiapatus dominicanus (122472) |