Hurdiidae Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4–Lower Devonian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | †Dinocaridida |
Order: | †Radiodonta |
Suborder: | †Anomalocarida |
Family: |
†Hurdiidae Vinther et al. 2014 |
Hurdiidae is a clade of anomalocaridan. It is the most long-lived anomalocaridan clade, lasting from the Cambrian period to the Devonian period.
Hurdiidae is the most inclusive clade containing Hurdia victoria but not Amplectobelua symbrachiata, Anomalocaris canadensis, or Tamisiocaris borealis.
The most recent phylogeny of hurdiids, accompanying the description of the hurdiid Aegirocassis benmoulae, is as follows:
Fezouata hurdiid appendage
cf. Peytoia Balang
Hurdia cf. victoria
Hurdia sp. Utah
Hurdia sp. Burgess