Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpididae
Parent taxon: Harpididae according to J. D. Beech and J. C. Lamsdell 2021
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arraphus, Dictyocephalites, Harpidoides, Kitatella, Loganopeltis, Loganopeltoides, Metaharpides, Paraharpides, Pscemiaspis
Subtaxa: Harpides atlanticus Harpides grimmi Harpides neogaeus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Langevoja of Sweden (2)
• Billingen of Sweden (1)
• Arenig of China (2), Sweden (2)
• Ordovician of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), Czechia (2), France (1), Lithuania (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (6), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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