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Hallucishaniids
Taxonomy
Hallucishaniids was named by Smith and Caron (2015). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Smith and Caron (2015).
It was assigned to Onychophora by Smith and Caron (2015).
It was assigned to Onychophora by Smith and Caron (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron |
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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.
Unr. †Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron 2015
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Fm. †Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris 1977
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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. †Rushtonites Hinz 1987
Invalid names: Luolishaniidae Hou and Bergstrom 1995 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. R. Smith and J.-B. Caron 2015 | Recovered by cladistic analysis and diagnosed by a swollen head, dorsal spines, and the differentiation of the anterior trunk and trunk appendages |
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 (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Yunnan) | Hallucigenia indet. (185939) Hallucigenia sp. (185938) | |
| Tommotian - Atdabanian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Rushtonites asiatica (6897) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | Cardiodictyon catenulum (86846 90133 90135 90137 90151) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (68083) Cardiodictyon sp., Hallucigenia sp. (86929 86930) Hallucigenia sp. (86933) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | Cardiodictyon catenulum (194160 194162) Cardiodictyon catenulum, Hallucigenia fortis (132330 194155) Hallucigenia sparsa, Hallucigenia hongmeia (234720) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | Luolishaniidae Emu Bay sp. (213139) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | Hallucigenia sp. (84427 84429 84432 84433 84434 121959) Hallucigenia sp. A, Hallucigenia sparsa (84423 84424 84425) Hallucigenia sparsa (84421 84426 84428) | |
| Maentwrogian | Sweden | Orstenotubulus evamuellerae (9891) | |
| Wenlock | United Kingdom | Thanahita distos (68060) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Illinois) | Carbotubulus waloszeki (11189) |