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Harpillaenus arcuatus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus arcuatus was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 661b, an exoskeleton, and it is a mold. It is the type species of Harpillaenus.

It was recombined as Harpillaenus arcuatus by Whittington (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Harpillaenus arcuatus Whittington

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHarpillaenus
speciesarcuatus(Billings 1865)

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.

†Harpillaenus arcuatus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-26 01:27:12
Modified: 2010-01-26 03:27:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Harpillaenus arcuatus (104752)