Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Alternative combination: Selenoharpes singularis
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1965. Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132(4):275-441
Belongs to Scotoharpes according to M. C. Ebach and K. J. McNamara 2002
See also Norford 1973
Sister taxa: Scotoharpes aduncus, Scotoharpes cassinensis, Scotoharpes consuetus, Scotoharpes domina, Scotoharpes excavatus, Scotoharpes filiarum, Scotoharpes fragilis, Scotoharpes granti, Scotoharpes judex, Scotoharpes latior, Scotoharpes laurei, Scotoharpes lauriei, Scotoharpes loma, Scotoharpes molongloensis, Scotoharpes pansa, Scotoharpes planilimbatus, Scotoharpes raaschi, Scotoharpes rotundus, Scotoharpes sanctacrucensis, Scotoharpes sinensis, Scotoharpes sombrero, Scotoharpes spasskii, Scotoharpes taimyricus, Scotoharpes tatouyangensis, Scotoharpes telleri, Scotoharpes tobulatus, Scotoharpes trinucleoides, Scotoharpes vetustus, Scotoharpes vitilis, Scotoharpes volsellatus, Scotoharpes willsi, Scotoharpes youngi
Type specimen: GSC 18402, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Table Cove, which is in a Chazyan slope limestone/shale in the Table Cove Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Table Cove
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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