Ontonychophora Temporal range: Carboniferous–Tertiary |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Class: | Udeonychophora |
Order: |
†Ontonychophora Poinar, 2000 |
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Ontonychophora is an extinct order of onychophoran consisting of organisms with simple lobobods that lack terminal feet. It includes all fossil onychophorans except †Cretoperipatus, which is in the Euonychophora along with all remaining members of the phylum.