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Harpillaenus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Harpillaenus was named by Whittington (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 618,795]. Its type is Illaenus arcuatus.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Illaenidae by Fortey and Droser (1999), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Harpillaenus Whittington p. 76
1999Harpillaenus Fortey and Droser p. 192
2002Harpillaenus Jell and Adrain p. 382
2002Harpillaenus Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Harpillaenus Whittington 1963
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Harpillaenus arcuatus Billings 1865
Harpillaenus rossi Fortey and Droser 1999
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, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rangerian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) H. rossi (104653)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) H. arcuatus (104752)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) H. sp. (80062)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) H. sp. (105638)