Tritonychus Zhang et al. 2016 (velvet worm)

Tritonychus

Full reference: X. Zhang, M. R. Smith, J. Yang and J. Hou. 2016. Onychophoran-like musculature in a phosphatized Cambrian lobopodian. Biology Letters 12(9):20160492

Parent taxon: Onychophora according to X. Zhang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Antennacanthopodia, Aysheaidae, Diania, Euonychophora, Hallucishaniids, Helenodora, Microdictyon, Peripatopsidae, Udeonychophora, Xenusion

Subtaxa: Tritonychus phanerosarkus

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Type: Tritonychus phanerosarkus

Distribution: found only at Xiaotan (Zhaotong) section, Yu'anshan (Yuanshan) Formation (Cambrian of China)

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