Tertiapatus Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. G. Jr. . Poinar . Fossil Onychophorans from Dominican and Baltic Amber: Tertiapatus dominicanus n.g., n.sp. (Tertiapatidae n.fam.) and Succinipatopsis balticus n.g., n.sp. (Succinipatopsidae n.fam.) with a Proposed Classification of the Subphylum Onychophora . Invertebrate Biology . 119 . 1 . 104–9 . 2000. 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00178.x. free .
  2. Garwood . Russell J. . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Charbonnier . Sylvain . Chabard . Dominique . Sotty . Daniel . Giribet . Gonzalo . September 2016 . Carboniferous Onychophora from Montceau-les-Mines, France, and onychophoran terrestrialization . Invertebrate Biology . en . 135 . 3 . 179–190 . 10.1111/ivb.12130 . 5042098 . 27708504.

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