Scotoharpes lauriei Jell and Stait 1985 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Full reference: P. A. Jell and B. Stait. 1985. Tremadoc trilobites from the Florentine Valley Formation, Tim Shea area, Tasmania. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 46:1-33

Belongs to Scotoharpes according to P. A. Jell and B. Stait 1985

See also Ebach and McNamara 2002

Sister taxa: Scotoharpes aduncus, Scotoharpes cassinensis, Scotoharpes consuetus, Scotoharpes domina, Scotoharpes excavatus, Scotoharpes filiarum, Scotoharpes fragilis, Scotoharpes granti, Scotoharpes judex, Scotoharpes latior, Scotoharpes laurei, 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 specimen: UTGD121586. Its type locality is NMVPL1602. Gordon River Road Section. 19 km west of Maydena), which is in a Lancefieldian marine siltstone in the Florentine Valley Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NMVPL1602. Gordon River Road Section. 19 km west of Maydena)

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