Clade Tardigrada Spallanzani 1777 (water bear)
PaleoDB taxon number: 272408
Parent taxon: Panarthropoda according to C. Nielsen 2012
Sister taxa: Arthropoda, Lobopodia, Onychodictyon, Onychophora, Xenusia
Subtaxa: Eutardigrada, Heterotardigrada