Topic summary
Hurdiid
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Hurdiidae.
Classification
Hurdiidae is classified within Radiodonta, a clade of stem-group arthropods. Hurdiidae is defined phylogenetically as the most inclusive clade containing Hurdia victoria but not Amplectobelua symbrachiata, Anomalocaris canadensis, or Tamisiocaris borealis. Some authors have argued that Peytoiidae, which was named by Conway Morris and Robison, 1982, has priority over Hurdiidae, and that Hurdiidae has "yet to be properly established following ICZN standards", due to its first definition not having a character-based diagnosis, and the second being published in an online-only journal without being registered in the ZooBank database.