Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Synonyms: Australoharpes Harrington and Leanza 1957, Sinoharpes Sheng 1974
Full reference: A. Lamont. 1948. Indications of cephalic structure in Trinucleidae and Harpetidae. Nature 162:376-377
Parent taxon: Harpetidae according to J. D. Beech and J. C. Lamsdell 2021
See also Ebach and McNamara 2002, Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bohemoharpes, Brachyhipposiderus, Dolichoharpes, Eoharpes, Eotrinucleus, Eskoharpes, Fissocephalus, Globoharpes, Harpes, Hibbertia, Kathrynia, Kielania, Lioharpes, Palaeoharpes, Scotoharpes
Subtaxa: Australoharpes pospelovi Australoharpes precordilleranus Dubhglasina depressus Dubhglasina expansus Dubhglasina parvula Dubhglasina singletoni Dubhglasina yunnanensis
Type: Dubhglasina aldonsensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), China (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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