Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Parent taxon: Harpetidae according to J. D. Beech and J. C. Lamsdell 2021
See also Ebach and McNamara 2002, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bohemoharpes, Brachyhipposiderus, Dubhglasina, Eoharpes, Eotrinucleus, Eskoharpes, Fissocephalus, Globoharpes, Harpes, Hibbertia, Kathrynia, Kielania, Lioharpes, Palaeoharpes, Scotoharpes
Subtaxa: Dolichoharpes arctica Dolichoharpes doranni Dolichoharpes reticulata Dolichoharpes uniseralis Dolichoharpes uniserialis Dolichoharpes villosus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (4: Quebec collections), United States (4: New York)
• Chazyan of Canada (12: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (10: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Illinois, Iowa/Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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