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Hughmilleria

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)18975https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18975
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Hughmilleria
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
-DiploperculataLamsdell et al. 2013
superfamilyPterygotoideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusHughmilleria
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hughmilleriagenusbelongs to Eurypteridasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Hughmilleriagenusbelongs to Hughmilleriidaestated with evidenceBraddy et al., 2002
Hughmilleriagenusbelongs to Pterygotoideastated with evidenceTetlie et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance443 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Eurypterida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Eurypterida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Eurypterida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hughmilleria (Nanahughmilleria)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)
Hughmilleria wangi
species
listed (PBDB)1439 Ma
Silurian
439 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Hughmilleria Braddy et al. p. 912
2002Hughmilleria Sepkoski, Jr.
2007Hughmilleria Tetlie et al. p. 621

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Braddy S. J., Selden P. A., et al (2002) A new carcinosomatid eurypterid from the upper Silurian of northern Vietnam, Palaeontology 45, 897-915
Tetlie O. E., Selden P. A., et al (2007) A new Silurian eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from China, Palaeontology 50, 619-625
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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