Hallucigenia sparsa

Taxonavigation

Artist's rendering of H. sparsa.

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Classis: †Xenusia
Ordo: Scleronychophora
Familia: Hallucigeniidae
Genus: Hallucigenia
Species: H. sparsa

Name

Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris, 1977

Holotype: USNM 83935

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Canadia sparsa Walcott, 1911

References

• Conway Morris, S. (1977) "A new metazoan from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Palaeontology 20: 623–640.