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Harpides

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae

Taxonomy
Harpides was named by Beyrich (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u O Llvi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 618,795]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Harpididae.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpididae by Harrington and Leanza (1957), Jell and Adrain (2002) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Species
H. atlanticus (syn. H. concentricus), H. grimmi, H. neogaeus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. rugosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Harpides Beyrich
1957Harpides Harrington and Leanza
2002Harpides Jell and Adrain p. 382
2002Harpides Sepkoski
2021Harpides Beech and Lamsdell p. 2220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpididaeWhittington 1950
genusHarpidesBeyrich 1846

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. †Harpides Beyrich 1846
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†Harpides atlanticus Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Harpides concentricus Billings 1865 [synonym]
†Harpides grimmi Barrande 1872
†Harpides neogaeus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-01-21 04:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-21 06:26:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Varangu to the top of the Volkhov or 485.40000 to 469.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden H. rugosus (3107) H. sp. (3108 3110)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic H. grimmi (3837 223845)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) H. neogaeus (115987)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) H. sp. (7703)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Antarctica H. sp. (116174)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) H. sp. (10912 10925)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) H. rugosus (3183)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden H. rugosus (172663)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco (Anti-Atlas) H. sp. (166727)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) H. sp. (100358 101846)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) H. sp. (8568)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden H. sp. (3196 3248)
Arenig - Llandeilo478.6 - 458.4China (XinJiang) H. sp. (20794)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) H. villebruni (20827)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden (Närne) H. rugosus (192903)
Langevoja471.8 - 469.2Sweden H. sp. (198073 198074)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation H. plantini (157104 157111 157125)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden H. rugosus (198121) H. sp. (198132)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Lithuania H. rugosus (207286)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) H. atlanticus (104800 104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) H. atlanticus (104813 104817 104857 104862)