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Onychophora (velvet worm)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Onychophora Grube
1998Onychophora Zrzavy et al.
2000Udeonychophora Poinar
2011Onychophora Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1
2012Onychophora Nielsen p. 259 figs. Fig. 42.1
2015Onychophora Yang et al. p. 1
2016Onychophora Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Life
RankNameAuthor
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853

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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G. †Antennacanthopodia Ou et al. 2011
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†Antennacanthopodia gracilis Ou et al. 2011
G. †Diania Liu et al. 2011
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†Diania cactiformis Liu et al. 2011
Or. Euonychophora Hutchinson 1930
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Fm. Peripatidae Evans 1901
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G. †Cretoperipatus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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†Cretoperipatus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
G. Epiperipatus Clark 1913
Invalid names: Ontonychophora Poinar 2000 [synonym]
Unr. †Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron 2015
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Fm. †Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris 1977
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G. †Carbotubulus Haug et al. 2012
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†Carbotubulus waloszeki Haug et al. 2012
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†Cardiodictyon catenulum Hou et al. 1991
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
G. †Thanahita Siveter et al. 2018
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†Thanahita distos Siveter et al. 2018
G. †Orstenotubulus Maas et al. 2007
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†Orstenotubulus evamuellerae Maas et al. 2007
G. †Rushtonites Hinz 1987
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†Rushtonites spinosus Hinz 1987
Invalid names: Luolishaniidae Hou and Bergstrom 1995 [empty]
G. †Helenodora Thompson and Jones 1980
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†Helenodora inopinata Thompson and Jones 1980
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
Fm. †Peripatopsidae Bouvier 1905
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G. Euperipatoides Ruhberg 1985
G. Metaperipatus Clark 1913
G. †Tritonychus Zhang et al. 2016
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†Tritonychus phanerosarkus Zhang et al. 2016
G. †Xenusion Pompeckj 1927
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†Xenusion auerswaldae Pompeckj 1927
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

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Placentian538.8 - 516.2USA (Massachusetts) Microdictyon sp. 1, Microdictyon sp. 2 (56841)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Yunnan) Hallucigenia indet. (185939) Hallucigenia sp. (185938)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0United Kingdom (England) Microdictyon sphaeroides (79929)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Germany (Brandenburg) Xenusion auerswaldae (90596)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Xenusion auerswaldae (90597)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Rushtonites asiatica (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (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)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kyrgyzstan Microdictyon effusum (99326 99328)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Microdictyon effusum (99299 99300 99301 99303)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tyva) Microdictyon effusum (234754)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China Microdictyon spp. (151497)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Microdictyon depressum (97740 97741 97742 97746 97747 97789)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0United Kingdom (England) Rushtonites spinosus (79933)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) Microdictyon chinense, Microdictyon spiniferum, Microdictyon typicum (57691) Microdictyon effusum (86679) Microdictyon fuchengense (57696)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (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)
Stage 3521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) Tritonychus phanerosarkus (133551)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Microdictyon sphaeroides (9350 9391)
Montezuman - Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Mexico Microdictyon sp. (10681)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Mexico Microdictyon multicavus (203107) Microdictyon sp. (10680)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (Nevada) Microdictyon sp., Microdictyon rhomboidale, Microdictyon cuneum, Microdictyon montezumaensis (199532)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (New Brunswick) Microdictyon sp. (84395)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Microdictyon sphaeroides (79931 79932) Microdictyon sphaeroides, Rushtonites spinosus (79928)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Kazakhstan Microdictyon effusum (99362)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Luolishaniidae Emu Bay sp. (213139) Microdictyon depressum (96916 96932 96958 96959 97777)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutia) Microdictyon sp. (90438)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland Microdictyon sp. (49458 49464 49471)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Türkiye (Konya) Microdictyon sp. (91535)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Hallucigenia sp. (84427 84429 84432 84433 84434 121959) Hallucigenia sp. A, Hallucigenia sparsa (84423 84424 84425) Hallucigenia sparsa (84421 84426 84428)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Microdictyon robisoni (110820 110821 110822)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Microdictyon sp. (49431) Microdictyon sp., Microdictyon robisoni (49429 49430) Microdictyon sphaeroides, Microdictyon robisoni (110823)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Microdictyon sp. (79770)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Greenland Microdictyon sp. (193556)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 493.6Sweden Orstenotubulus evamuellerae (9891)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom Thanahita distos (68060)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Carbotubulus waloszeki (11189)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Helenodora inopinata (112637 112638 151852)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3France (Saône-et-Loire) Onychophora indet. (236920)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretoperipatus burmiticus (111688 178121 182148)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tertiapatus dominicanus (122472)