Parahughmilleria Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Alternative spelling: Parahughmillera

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1961. The Silurian Eurypterida of the Welsh Borderland. Journal of Paleontology 35(4):789-835

Parent taxon: Adelophthalmidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adelophthalmus, Bassipterus, Eysyslopterus, Nanahughmilleria, Pittsfordipterus, Pruemopterus

Subtaxa: Parahughmilleria hefteri Parahughmilleria longa Parahughmilleria statzi

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), Germany (3), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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