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| Thanahita distos virtual reconstructions (a, e–p) and specimen in the rock (b–d) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Panarthropoda |
| Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
| Clade: | †Hallucishaniids |
| Family: | †Hallucigeniidae |
| Genus: | †Thanahita Siveter et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †T. distos
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| †Thanahita distos Siveter et al., 2018
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Thanahita is a genus of extinct lobopodian and known from the middle Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte at the England–Wales border in UK.[1] 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 only known extinct lobopodian in Europe,[2] and the first Silurian lobopodian known worldwide.[3][4]
- ^ Buchholz, Pete (2018). "Late-living kin of iconic Burgess Shale worm found in England". Earth Archives. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ Siveter, Derek J.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Sutton, Mark D.; Legg, David (2018). "A three-dimensionally preserved lobopodian from the Herefordshire (Silurian) Lagerstätte, UK". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (8): 172101. doi:10.1098/rsos.172101. PMC 6124121. PMID 30224988.
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