Tertiapatus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | †Tertiapatidae Poinar, 2000 |
Genus: | †Tertiapatus Poinar, 2000 |
Species: | †T. dominicanus
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Binomial name | |
†Tertiapatus dominicanus Poinar, 2000
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Tertiapatus is an extinct genus of supposed onychophoran known from Dominican amber deposits. The only known species described is Tertiapatus dominicanus.[1] Other authors have doubted its status as an onchyophoran, due to its arthropodized antennae and articulated exoskeleton, which suggests that it is likely an arthropod.[2]