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Hallucigenia sparsa

Taxonomy
Hallucigenia sparsa was named by Conway Morris (1977). It is not extant. It is the type species of Hallucigenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Panarthropoda
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853
—Hallucishaniids
genusHallucigenia
speciessparsa

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.

†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977
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Diagnosis
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