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Scotoharpes loma

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Selenoharpes loma was named by Lane (1972). Its type specimen is GGU 100801-07 (hypotypes), a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scotoharpes loma by Norford (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Selenoharpes loma Lane
1973Scotoharpes loma Norford p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusScotoharpes
speciesloma(Lane 1972)

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.

Scotoharpes loma Lane 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
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 21:48:06
Modified: 2010-02-08 08:43:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Greenland Scotoharpes loma (23048)