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Dubhglasina singletoni

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Australoharpes singletoni was named by Jell (1985). Its type specimen is NMVP74427 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL184. Digger Island. Waratah Bay, which is in a Lancefieldian marine mudstone in the Digger Island Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Dubhglasina singletoni by Ebach and McNamara (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Australoharpes singletoni Jell pp. 73 - 74 figs. Plate 27, figures 1, 3-8
2002Dubhglasina singletoni Ebach and McNamara pp. Table 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusDubhglasina
speciessingletoni()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell 1985Member of Australoharpes without alae; eye tubercles situated behind glabellar anterior; preglabellar boss extremely low; girder fading out just before lip of prolongation; spine present on tip of brim prolongation; cheek roll on prolongation relatively wide; thorax of at least 18 segments.
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 04:35:48
Modified: 2010-02-08 08:39:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lancefieldian or 484.30000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) Australoharpes singletoni (165725)