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Hallucigeniidae

Hallucigeniidae

Taxonomy
Hallucigeniidae was named by Conway Morris (1977). It is not extant. Its type is Hallucigenia.

It was assigned to Hallucishaniids by Smith and Caron (2015); and to Panarthropoda by Caron and Aria (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris
2015Hallucigeniidae Smith and Caron
2017Hallucigeniidae Caron and Aria p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853
—Hallucishaniids
familyHallucigeniidae
familyHallucigeniidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris 1977
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G. †Carbotubulus Haug et al. 2012
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†Carbotubulus waloszeki Haug et al. 2012
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†Cardiodictyon catenulum Hou et al. 1991
G. †Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977
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†Hallucigenia fortis Hou and Bergström 1995
†Hallucigenia hongmeia Steiner et al. 2012
†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977
G. †Thanahita Siveter et al. 2018
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†Thanahita distos Siveter et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Westphalian or 521.00000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Yunnan) Hallucigenia indet. (185939) Hallucigenia sp. (185938)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Cardiodictyon catenulum (86846 90133 90135 90137 90151) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (68083) Cardiodictyon sp., Hallucigenia sp. (86929 86930) Hallucigenia sp. (86933)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) Cardiodictyon catenulum (194160 194162) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (132330 194155) Hallucigenia sparsa, Hallucigenia hongmeia (234720)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Hallucigenia sp. (84427 84429 84432 84433 84434 121959) Hallucigenia sp. A, Hallucigenia sparsa (84423 84424 84425) Hallucigenia sparsa (84421 84426 84428)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom Thanahita distos (68060)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Carbotubulus waloszeki (11189)