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Palaeoharpes

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoharpes was named by Lu and Qian (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Harpetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Species
P. primigenius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Palaeoharpes Lu and Qian
2002Palaeoharpes Jell and Adrain
2021Palaeoharpes Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPalaeoharpesLu and Qian 1977

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. †Palaeoharpes Lu and Qian 1977
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†Palaeoharpes primigenius Lu and Qian 1974
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: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Niuchehean or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Anhui) P. sp. (127477)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) P. primigenius (127322) P. sp. (127321)