Scleronychophora

Scleronychophora; Temporal range: Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
(unranked):	Panarthropoda
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]

References

↑ Budd, G. (2001). "Tardigrades as 'Stem-Group Arthropods': The Evidence from the Cambrian Fauna". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240 (3–4): 265–279. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00034. ISSN 0044-5231.

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[Budd2001-1] Budd, G. (2001). "Tardigrades as 'Stem-Group Arthropods': The Evidence from the Cambrian Fauna". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240 (3–4): 265–279. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00034. ISSN 0044-5231.