Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Synonym: Reticuloharpes Vanek 1963
Parent taxon: Harpetidae according to R. G. Johnson 2024
See also Beech and Lamsdell 2021, Ebach and McNamara 2002, Feist 2002, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bohemoharpes, Brachyhipposiderus, Declivoharpes, Dolichoharpes, Dubhglasina, Eoharpes, Eotrinucleus, Eskoharpes, Fissocephalus, Fritchaspis, Helioharpes, Hibbertia, Kathrynia, Kielania, Lioharpes, Maghroharpes, Palaeoharpes, Pinnuloharpes, Scotoharpes, Stoloharpes
Subtaxa: Harpes acuminatus Harpes boudibensis Harpes dvorcensis Harpes escoti Harpes fornicatus Harpes forojuliensis Harpes gracilis Harpes koeneni Harpes lahceni Harpes latilimbatus Harpes lentigo Harpes macrocephallus Harpes macrocephalus Harpes nymageenensis Harpes nymageensis Harpes ormistoni Harpes oudris Harpes parvulus Harpes prescheri Harpes pyrenaicus Harpes radians Harpes reticulatus Harpes sphenocephalus Harpes supercilium Harpes whidbournei Reticuloharpes reticulatus
Type: Harpes macrocephallus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Czechia (5), Germany (10), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (3), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (1)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), Czechia (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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