Parent taxon: Onychophora according to M. R. Smith and J. Ortega-Hernández 2014
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Skovsted 2006
Sister taxa: Antennacanthopodia, Aysheaidae, Diania, Euonychophora, Hallucishaniids, Helenodora, Peripatopsidae, Tritonychus, Udeonychophora, Xenusion
Subtaxa: Microdictyon cuneum Microdictyon depressum Microdictyon effusum Microdictyon montezumaensis Microdictyon rhomboidale Microdictyon robisoni Microdictyon sinicum Microdictyon sphaeroides
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (11 collections), Canada (3: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), China (21), Greenland (4), Kazakhstan (5), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Nevada)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (4)
• Amgan of the Russian Federation (3)
• Placentian of United States (1: Massachusetts)
Total: 65 collections including 74 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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