Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Onychophora - (Class) Xenusia - (Order) Xenusiida - (Family) Luolishaniidae

Original position

Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: X.-G. Hou & J.-Y. Chen, 1989

Current position

†Luolishaniidae (Family) Hou & Bergström, 1995

Ref: R.J. Howard et al., 2020: 1529. [new position]

Alternative positions

Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: X.-G. Hou & J.-Y. Chen, 1989 [new taxon]
Lobopoda (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002 [rough position]
†Problematica (Phylum) Andrews, 1970	Ref: X.-G. Hou et al., 2004: 216. [rough position] [implicit]
†Xenusiida (Order) Dzik & Krumbiegel, 1989	Ref: J. Dzik, 2011: fig. 3. [rough position] [implicit]

Historical positions

†Luolishaniidae (Family) Hou & Bergström, 1995	Ref: R.J. Howard et al., 2020: 1529, fig. 4, fig. S1[d]. [new position]
†Xenusiida (Order) Dzik & Krumbiegel, 1989	Ref: J. Dzik, 2011: 71, fig. 3. [rough position] [implicit]
†Enigmatic animals (Phylum) Andrews, 1970	Ref: X.-G. Hou et al., 2004: 216. [rough position]
Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: X.-G. Hou & J.-Y. Chen, 1989 [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †1s]
2020	R.J. Howard et al.: 1529	[; †1s]
1989	X.-G. Hou & J.-Y. Chen:	[; †1s]