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Eskoharpes sicarius

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Eskoharpes sicarius was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29256 (1), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Eskoharpes sicarius Johnson p. 68 figs. Pl.33A-K, 34A-I

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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
genusEskoharpes
speciessicarius

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Eskoharpes sicarius Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Cephalon ovoid with widest point across or just anterior to alae. Brim strongly convex, less steeplysloping than genal roll; S1 furrow narrow and deeply incised. Alae anterolaterally directed, eyes lobes small (exsag.) and reniform. Course of inner margin of fringe across anterior of genal area concave. Brim not steepening on prolongations and inner rims subparallel. Prolongations long, pointed, dagger-like in shape, with long terminal spine carried unusually on upper lamella.