Hurdia

Hurdia
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian,
Reconstruction of H. victoria (top) and H. triangulata
Disarticulated fossils
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Radiodonta
Family: †Hurdiidae
Subfamily: †Hurdiinae
Genus: †Hurdia
Walcott, 1912
Type species
†Hurdia victoria
Walcott, 1912
Other species
  • †H. triangulata Walcott, 1912
  • †?H. hospes Chlupach and Kordule, 2002
Synonyms
  • Proboscicaris hospes Rolfe, 1962
  • †?Huangshandongia yichangensis Shicheng and Zhilin, 1990
  • †?Liantuoia inflata Shicheng and Zhilin, 1990

Hurdia is an extinct genus of hurdiid radiodont that lived 505 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. Fossils have been found in North America, China, and the Czech Republic.


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