Hallucigeniidae

Hallucigeniidae; Temporal range:
	Fossil of Hallucigenia from the Burgess Shale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
(unranked):	Panarthropoda
Phylum:	†"Lobopodia"
Clade:	†Hallucishaniids
Family:	†Hallucigeniidae; Conway Morris, 1977
Genera
	Carbotubulus Haug et al., 2012 ; Cardiodictyon Hou et al., 1991 ; Hallucigenia Conway Morris, 1977 (type) ; Thanahita Siveter et al., 2018 ;

Hallucigeniidae is a family of extinct worms belonging to the group Lobopodia that originated during the Cambrian explosion. It is based on the species Hallucigenia sparsa, the fossil of which was discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1911 from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. The name Hallucigenia was created by Simon Conway Morris in 1977, from which the family was erected after discoveries of other hallucigeniid worms from other parts of the world. Classification of these lobopods and their relatives are still controversial, and the family consists of at least four genera.

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