Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Synonyms: Aristoharpes Whittington 1950, Selenoharpes Whittington 1950
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 Adrain et al. 1995, Ebach and McNamara 2002, Jell and Adrain 2002, Norford 1973, Owen 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1963
Sister taxa: Bohemoharpes, Brachyhipposiderus, Dolichoharpes, Dubhglasina, Eoharpes, Eotrinucleus, Eskoharpes, Fissocephalus, Globoharpes, Harpes, Hibbertia, Kathrynia, Kielania, Lioharpes, Palaeoharpes
Subtaxa: 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 singularis 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: Scotoharpes domina
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon Territory), China (2), Greenland (6), the United Kingdom (8), United States (4: Alaska, Wisconsin)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Norway (1), United States (2: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (16)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (1), Sweden (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (5), Estonia (2), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Virginia)
• Tremadoc of Canada (2: Alberta), China (1)
Total: 76 collections each including a single occurrence
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