Scleronychophora
| Scleronychophora Temporal range: Cambrian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Superphylum: | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
| Order: | †Scleronychophora Huo and Bergström 1995 |
The Scleronychophora or armoured lobopods are a group of lobopodians (such as the hallucigeniids and microdictyiids) that bear a robust dorsal armature of paired plates.[1]
- ↑ Budd, G. (2001). "Tardigrades as 'Stem-Group Arthropods': The Evidence from the Cambrian Fauna". Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 240 (3–4): 265–279. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00034. ISSN 0044-5231.