†family Hurdiidae Vinther et al. 2014 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Hurdiidae

Full reference: J. Vinther, M. Stein, N. R. Longrich and D. A. T. Harper. 2014. A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian. Nature 507:496-499

Parent taxon: Radiodonta according to S. Pates et al. 2021

See also Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2020 and Vinther et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Amplectobeluidae, Anomalocarididae, Caryosyntrips, Cerabonusoides, Cetiocaridae, Kerygmachela, Laggania, Myoscolex

Subtaxa: Aegirocassis Buccaspinea Cambroraster Cordaticaris Hurdia Pahvantia Peytoia Schinderhannes Stanleycaris Ursulinacaris Zhenghecaris

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Type: Hurdia

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)

• Tremadoc of Morocco (1)

• Solvan of Canada (2: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1)

• Delamaran of Canada (23: British Columbia)

• Cambrian of Canada (3: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (1), United States (6: Utah)

Total: 38 collections including 46 occurrences

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