Group of extinct worm-like animals with legs
For a type of cell projection, see
Pseudopod . For an explanation of very similar terms, see
Panarthropoda . For
Lobopoda , a genus of beetles, see
Lobopoda .
Reconstruction of various lobopodians. 1: Microdictyon sinicum , 2: Diania cactiformis , 3: Collinsovermis monstruosus , 4: Luolishania longicruris , 5: Onychodictyon ferox , 6: Hallucigenia sparsa , 7: Aysheaia pedunculata , 8: Antennacanthopodia gracilis , 9: Facivermis yunnanicus , 10: Paucipodia inermis , 11: Jianshanopodia decora , 12: Hallucigenia fortis
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Subkingdom:
Eumetazoa
Clade :
ParaHoxozoa
Clade :
Bilateria
Clade :
Nephrozoa
Clade :
Protostomia
Superphylum:
Ecdysozoa
(unranked):
Panarthropoda
Phylum:
† "Lobopodia" Snodgrass 1938
Crown-group Euarthropoda
Lobopodians are members of the informal group Lobopodia [ 3] (from the Greek , meaning "blunt feet"), or the formally erected phylum Lobopoda Cavalier-Smith (1998).[ 4] They are panarthropods with stubby legs called lobopods ,[ 5] a term which may also be used as a common name of this group as well.[ 6] [ 7] While the definition of lobopodians may differ between literatures,[ 8] it usually refers to a group of soft-bodied, marine worm-like fossil panarthropods such as Aysheaia and Hallucigenia . However, other genera like Kerygmachela and Pambdelurion (which have features similar to other groups) are often referred to as “gilled lobopodians”. [ 9] [ 5] [ 10]
The oldest near-complete fossil lobopodians date to the Lower Cambrian ; some are also known from Ordovician , Silurian and Carboniferous Lagerstätten .[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] Some bear toughened claws, plates or spines, which are commonly preserved as carbonaceous or mineralized microfossils in Cambrian strata.[ 14] [ 15] The grouping is considered to be paraphyletic , as the three living panarthropod groups (Arthropoda , Tardigrada and Onychophora ) are thought to have evolved from lobopodian ancestors.
^ Haug, J.T.; Mayer, G.; Haug, C.; Briggs, D.E.G. (2012). "A Carboniferous non-Onychophoran Lobopodian reveals long-term survival of a Cambrian morphotype" . Current Biology . 22 (18): 1673– 1675. Bibcode :2012CBio...22.1673H . doi :10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.066 . PMID 22885062 .
^ Chen, Zhe; Chen, Xiang; Zhou, Chuanming; Yuan, Xunlai; Xiao, Shuhai (6 June 2018). "Late Ediacaran trackways produced by bilaterian animals with paired appendages" . Science Advances . 4 (6): eaao6691. Bibcode :2018SciA....4.6691C . doi :10.1126/sciadv.aao6691 . hdl :10919/84444 . PMC 5990303 . PMID 29881773 .
^ Snodgrass, R.E. (1938). "Evolution of the Annelida, Onychophora, and Arthropoda" . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 97 (6): 1– 159.
^ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biological Reviews . 73 (3): 203– 266. doi :10.1017/S0006323198005167 (inactive 4 January 2025). PMID 9809012 . {{cite journal }}
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^ Budd, Graham; Peel, John (1998-12-01). "A new Xenusiid lobopod from the early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland" . Palaeontology . 41 : 1201– 1213.
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^ Liu, Jianni; Dunlop, Jason A. (2014-03-15). "Cambrian lobopodians: A review of recent progress in our understanding of their morphology and evolution" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 398 : 4– 15. Bibcode :2014PPP...398....4L . doi :10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.008 . ISSN 0031-0182 .
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^ van Roy, P.; Orr, P.J.; Botting, J.P.; Muir, L.A.; Vinther, J.; Lefebvre, B.; Hariri, K.E.; Briggs, D.E.G. (2010). "Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type". Nature . 465 (7295): 215– 218. Bibcode :2010Natur.465..215V . doi :10.1038/nature09038 . PMID 20463737 . S2CID 4313285 .
^ von Bitter, P.H.; Purnell, M.A.; Tetreault, D.K.; Stott, C.A. (2007). "Eramosa Lagerstätte—Exceptionally preserved soft-bodied biotas with shallow-marine shelly and bioturbating organisms (Silurian, Ontario, Canada)". Geology . 35 (10): 879. Bibcode :2007Geo....35..879V . doi :10.1130/G23894A.1 . S2CID 11561169 .
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^ Caron, J.-B.; Smith, M.R.; Harvey, T.H.P. (2013). "Beyond the Burgess Shale: Cambrian microfossils track the rise and fall of hallucigeniid lobopodians" . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 280 (1767): 20131613. doi :10.1098/rspb.2013.1613 . PMC 3735267 . PMID 23902914 .
^ Topper, T.P.; Skovsted, C.B.; Peel, J.S.; Harper, D.A.T. (2013). "Moulting in the lobopodian Onychodictyon from the lower Cambrian of Greenland" . Lethaia . 46 (4): 490– 495. Bibcode :2013Letha..46..490T . doi :10.1111/let.12026 .