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Dolichoharpes reticulata

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Dolichoharpes reticulata was named by Whittington (1949).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. dentoni

Synonyms
  • Dolichoharpes procliva was named by Esker (1964) [Paratypes: OU 5065, 5208.]. Its type specimen is OU 5195, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Dolichoharpes reticulata by Shaw (1974).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Dolichoharpes reticulata Whittington
1964Dolichoharpes procliva Esker p. 198
1964Dolichoharpes procliva Esker, III p. 198 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 2-3
1987Dolichoharpes reticulatus DeMott

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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
genusDolichoharpesWhittington 1949
speciesreticulataWhittington 1949

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.

†Dolichoharpes reticulata Whittington 1949
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Invalid names: Dolichoharpes procliva Esker, III 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:49:16
Modified: 2010-02-08 08:40:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chazyan to the top of the Turinian or 471.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Dolichoharpes reticulata (24621 25932 25933 25934 25935 26054 26055 26057)
Chazyan - Caradoc471.3 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Dolichoharpes reticulata (25308 25309 25310)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Dolichoharpes reticulata (73342)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Dolichoharpes reticulata (73341)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Dolichoharpes reticulata (73340 73343)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa/Wisconsin) Dolichoharpes reticulatus (23118 23119 23120)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Dolichoharpes reticulata (23892)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Dolichoharpes reticulata (24628)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Dolichoharpes reticulata (24634)