Antennipatus is an extinct genus of Onychophoran (velvet worm).[1] This genus is notable for being represented by the oldest Onychophoran fossil, which comes from France and dates back to the Stephenian stage of the Late Carboniferous[2] over 229 million years ago.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Genus: | †Antennipatus Garwood, Edgecombe & Giribet, 2016 |
| Species: | †A. montceauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Antennipatus montceauensis Garwood, Edgecombe & Giribet, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Garwood, Russell J.; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Chabard, Dominique; Sotty, Daniel; Giribet, Gonzalo (2016). "Carboniferous Onychophora from Montceau-les-Mines, France, and onychophoran terrestrialization". Invertebrate Biology. 135 (3): 179–190. doi:10.1111/ivb.12130. ISSN 1744-7410.
- ^ Chatterjee, Anushka (2024-10-14). "Velvet Worms (Onychophorans) - Examples, Diet, & Characteristics". AnimalFact.com. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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