†Helenodora inopinata Thompson and Jones 1980 (velvet worm)
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Full reference: I. Thompson and D. S. Jones. 1980. A possible onychophoran from the middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek beds of northern Illinois. Journal of Paleontology 54:588-596
Belongs to Helenodora according to D. J. E. Murdock et al. 2016
See also Thompson and Jones 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH PE 29049. Its type locality is Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (Piecko coll), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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