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Harpes boudibensis

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Harpes boudibensis was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29227, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Harpes boudibensis Johnson p. 44 figs. Pl.1A-Q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHarpesGoldfuss 1839
speciesboudibensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Harpes boudibensis Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Narrow cephalon, width (tr.) around 1.2 times sagittal length and widest (tr.) just posterior to eyes. Glabella cone-shaped, anteriorly rounded. Extension of axial furrow across ala distinct. Alae inflated and alar furrows proximally deep, becoming very shallow distally. Alar depression pronounced. Prolongations around same length (exsag.) as cephalon (sag.). In lateral view external rim posteriorly curving upwards and internal rim wavelike in shape and terminated by short genal spine. Over 25 thoracic segments.