Hurdiidae

Hurdiidae
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4–Lower Devonian
Stanleycaris (top left), Hurdia (top right), Aegirocassis (middle), Peytoia (bottom left), Cambroraster (bottom right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Radiodonta
Family: Hurdiidae
Vinther et al., 2014
Genera

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Hurdiidae (synonymous with the previously named Peytoiidae[1]) is an extinct cosmopolitan family of radiodonts, a group of stem-group arthropods, which lived during the Paleozoic Era. It is the most long-lived radiodont clade, lasting from the Cambrian period to the Devonian period.

  1. ^ McCall, Christian R.A. (2023-12-13). "A large pelagic lobopodian from the Cambrian Pioche Shale of Nevada". Journal of Paleontology. 97 (5): 1009–1024. Bibcode:2023JPal...97.1009M. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.63. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 266292707.