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Monotypic taxon: Family? †Tertiapatidae Poinar, 2000 (invertebrate)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Onychophora - (Class) Udeonychophora - (Order) Ontonychophora

Original position

Tertiapatoidea (Superfamily) Poinar, 2000 Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: 105, table 1 (p. 108).

Original entries

Tertiapatus (Genus) Poinar, 2000 Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: 105.

Current position

Tertiapatoidea (Superfamily) Poinar, 2000 Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: table 1 (p. 108). [new taxon]

Alternative positions

Euonychophora (Class) Hutchinson, 1930 Ref: G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira, 2011: 98; Grimaldi et al., 2002: 25. [indirect]
Onychophora (Phylum) Grube, 1853 Ref: G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira, 2013: 15; Murdock et al., 2016: fig. 8.

Historical positions

Onychophora (Phylum) Grube, 1853 Ref: G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira, 2013: 15.
Onychophora (Phylum) Grube, 1853 Ref: G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira, 2011: 98.
Tertiapatoidea (Superfamily) Poinar, 2000 Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: 105, table 1 (p. 108), table 2 (p. 109: key). [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Feb 2022 [; †1g;1s]
2013 G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira: 15 †1g;1s
2011 G. Mayer & I.S. Oliveira: 98 †1g;1s
2000 G. Poinar Jr.: 105 [; †1g;1s]
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