Paraharpes ottawaensis Billings 1865 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Alternative combination: Dolichoharpes ottawaensis

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Paraharpes according to R. M. Owens 1970

Sister taxa: Hibbertia amibouei, Hibbertia anticostiensis, Hibbertia aodiensis, Hibbertia balclatchiensis, Hibbertia conistonensis, Hibbertia costatus, Hibbertia dalecarlicus, Hibbertia hornei, Hibbertia inghami, Hibbertia orbicularis, Hibbertia ottawaensis, Hibbertia perceensis, Hibbertia similis, Hibbertia trippi, Hibbertia valcourensis, Hibbertia wegelini, Hibbertia whittingtoni, Paraharpes ruddyi, Paraharpes wegelini, Paraharpes costata, Platyharpes trippi, Wegelinia wegelini, Thorslundops dalecarlicus, Harpesoides karamolensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (3 collections), United States (1: Minnesota)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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