Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Onychophora

Phylogeny

Questionably Stem group (stem)		Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 94.
Questionably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)		Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 94.

Original entries

†Siberiida (Order) Dzik, 2011

Ref: J. Dzik, 2011: 72.

Current position

Onychophora (Phylum) Grube, 1853

Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 94.

Alternative positions

†Lobopodia (Phylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: J. Dzik, 2011: 72.
Lobopodia (Superphylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: J. Liu et al., 2006: 217.
Onychophora (Subphylum) Grube, 1853	Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: table 1 (p. 108).

Historical positions

†Lobopodia (Phylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: J. Dzik, 2011: 72.
†Lobopodia (Phylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: J. Liu et al., 2008: 285.
Lobopodia (Superphylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: J. Liu et al., 2006: 217.
Onychophora (Phylum) Grube, 1853	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 94.
Onychophora (Subphylum) Grube, 1853	Ref: G. Poinar Jr., 2000: table 1 (p. 108), table 2 (p. 109: key).
†Lobopodia (Phylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: X.-G. Hou & J. Bergström, 1995: abstract.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1o;6f;13g;16s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Feb 2022	[; †1o;6f]
2011	J. Dzik: 72	[; †3o]
2000	G. Poinar Jr.:	[; †4o;7f]
2000	G. Poinar Jr.: table 1 (p. 108)	[; †4o;7f]