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Nanahughmilleria
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Carapace of N. prominens
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Nanahughmilleria

Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961
Type species
Nanahughmilleria norvegica
Kiær, 1911
Other species

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Nanahughmilleria is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Adelophthalmidae. Nanahughmilleria species have been found in many places around the world, such as New York or Russia.[1]

Species

The genus contains six species:[1]

  • Nanahughmilleria clarkei Kjellesvig-Waering, 1964 — Silurian, New York (United States).
  • Nanahughmilleria norvegica Kiær, 1911 — Silurian, Norway.
  • Nanahughmilleria notosiberica Shpiney, 2012 — Devonian, Siberia (Russia).
  • ?Nanahughmilleria prominens Hall, 1884 — Silurian, New York (United States).
  • Nanahughmilleria pygmaea Salter, 1859 — Silurian, England.
  • ?Nanahughmilleria schiraensis Pirozhnikov, 1957 — Devonian, Khakassia (Russia).

References

  1. ^ a b Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).

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