Onychomicrodictyon is a genus of Toyonian net-like small shelly fossil that probably belonged to a lobopodian resembling Onychodictyon or Microdictyon; the plates have a honeycomb structure with nodal flanges and an apical spinose extension.[1] It is considered a junior synonym of Onychodictyon by some authors.[2]
Onychomicrodictyon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Stem group: | Onychophora |
Genus: | †Onychomicrodictyon Demidenko, 2006 |
Species: | †O. spiniferum
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Binomial name | |
†Onychomicrodictyon spiniferum Demidenko, 2006[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Demidenko, Y. E. (2006). "New Cambrian lobopods and chaetognaths of the Siberian Platform". Paleontological Journal. 40 (3): 234–243. Bibcode:2006PalJ...40..234D. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030026. S2CID 84550843.
- ^ Pan, Bing; Topper, Timothy P.; Skovsted, Christian B.; Miao, Lanyun; Li, Guoxiang (2018). "Occurrence of Microdictyon from the lower Cambrian Xinji Formation along the southern margin of the North China Platform" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 59–70. Bibcode:2018JPal...92...59P. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.47. S2CID 134462722.