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Hallucigenia
Taxonomy
Hallucigenia was named by Conway Morris (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1126]. Its type is Hallucigenia sparsa. It is the type genus of Hallucigeniidae. It was considered paraphyletic by Smith and Ortega-Hernández (2014) and Smith and Caron (2015).
It was assigned to Hallucigeniidae by Conway Morris (1977); to Lobopoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Lobopodia by Bambach et al. (2007); to Onychophora by Smith and Ortega-Hernández (2014); and to Hallucishaniids by Smith and Caron (2015).
It was assigned to Hallucigeniidae by Conway Morris (1977); to Lobopoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Lobopodia by Bambach et al. (2007); to Onychophora by Smith and Ortega-Hernández (2014); and to Hallucishaniids by Smith and Caron (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Hallucigenia Conway Morris |
| 2002 | Hallucigenia Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Hallucigenia Bambach et al. p. S78 |
| 2014 | Hallucigenia Smith and Ortega-Hernández |
| 2015 | Hallucigenia 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.
G. †Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977
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†Hallucigenia fortis Hou and Bergström 1995
†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available