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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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HUGHMILLERIA. Zool. A genus of Eurypterid or fossil arachnid from the Silurian era (1903 C. J. Sarle in New York State Palaeontologist's Report 1079). Two variant forms have been called Nanahughmilleria and Parahughmilleria (1961 Kjellesvig-Waering in Jnl. Palaeont. XXXV. 789–835).
[Named after Hugh Miller (1802–56), of Cromarty, geologist and man of letters.]
