Thanahita
| Thanahita Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Thanahita distos virtual reconstructions (a, e–p) and specimen in the rock (b–d) | |
| Reconstruction of Thanahita distos | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Panarthropoda |
| Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
| Clade: | †Hallucishaniids |
| Family: | †Hallucigeniidae |
| Genus: | †Thanahita Siveter et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †T. distos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Thanahita distos Siveter et al., 2018 | |
Thanahita is a genus of extinct lobopodian and known from the middle Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte at the England–Wales border in UK. It is monotypic and contains one species, Thanahita distos. Discovered in 2018, it is estimated to have lived around 430 million years ago and is the first Silurian lobopodian known worldwide.