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Scotoharpes cassinensis

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Harpes cassinensis was named by Whitfield (1897). Its type specimen is USNM 35817, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scotoharpes cassinensis by Fortey (1980), Ebach and McNamara (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Scotoharpes cassinensis Fortey p. 76
2002Scotoharpes cassinensis Ebach and McNamara

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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
speciescassinensis(Whitfield 1897)

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 cassinensis Whitfield 1897
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available