Hastimima

Hastimima is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae.[1] It contains one valid species, Hastimima whitei, recovered from the Permian Hermit Shale of Arizona, and one dubious species, H. sewardi, from the Devonian of South Africa.[2] Though clearly a mycteropoid eurypterid, the material referred to H. sewardi is so fragmentary that it is questionable if it possesses any diagnostic value at all.[3]

Hastimima
Temporal range: Permian
~Possible Devonian record
Telson (89-92, 94) and coxa (93) of H. whitei.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Mycteropoidea
Family: Mycteroptidae
Genus: Hastimima
White, 1908
Type species
Hastimima whitei
White, 1908
Species
  • †?H. sewardi Strand, 1926
  • H. whitei White, 1908

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