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Paraphyletic taxon: Class †Megacheira Hou & Bergström, 1997 (arthropod)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: 8.

Original position

Proschizoramia (Superclass) Hou & Bergström, 1997

Original entries

Fortiforcipida (Order) Hou & Bergström, 1997

Subsequent entries

Cheiromorpha ([unranked]) Aria, Caron & Gaines, 2015 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2015: 633, 643. [implicit]
Jianfengiidae (Family) Aria, Zhao, Zeng, Guo & Zhu, 2020 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: [1].
Leanchoiliida (Order) Størmer, 1944, nom. corr. Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 26. [assumed]
Yohoiida (Order) Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 111. [assumed]

Current position

Euarthropoda ([unranked]) Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: fig. 6a; suppl. text (p. [1]). [implicit]

Alternative positions

Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2015: 633.
Cheliceromorpha ([unranked]) Boudraux, 1978 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2015: 633; fig. 14C. [implicit]
Heptopodomera (Clade) Aria, Caron & Gaines, 2015 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: [1]. [emended diagnosis]
Proschizoramia (Superclass) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 26. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Euarthropoda (Phylum) Lankester, 1904 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: [1]; fig. 6a. [emended diagnosis]
Heptopodomera (Clade) Aria, Caron & Gaines, 2015 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: [1]. [emended diagnosis]
Proschizoramia (Superclass) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 26, 111. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2o;5f;11g;8s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Dec 2020 [; †2o;5f;11g]
1997 X. Hou & J. Bergström [; †3o;5f]
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