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Harpes macrocephalus

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Harpes macrocephalus was named by Goldfuss (1839).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Harpes macrocephalus Goldfuss
2002Harpes macrocephalus Ebach and McNamara

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHarpesGoldfuss 1839
speciesmacrocephalusGoldfuss 1839

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.

Harpes macrocephalus Goldfuss 1839
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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: 2010-01-21 04:31:23
Modified: 2010-02-08 08:41:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) Harpes macrocephalus (26621)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Harpes macrocephalus (232878 235179)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Harpes macrocephalus (188939)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Harpes macrocephalus (188766)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium (Chimay) Harpes macrocephalus (229199)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Eifel) Harpes macrocephalus (222843)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany Harpes macrocephalus (235169 235185)