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Harpidella (Harpidella)

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Harpidella (Harpidella) McCoy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
genusHarpidella
subgenusHarpidellaMcCoy 1849

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.

Subg. †Harpidella (Harpidella) McCoy 1849
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†Harpidella (Harpidella) thomasi Clarkson and Howells 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-06-09 21:21:41
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:21:41
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Pragian or 458.00000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Russian Federation Harpidella planifrons (160531)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Harpidella newlandensis (188532 188533)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Harpidella newfoundlandensis (188536 188537) Harpidella newlandensis (188535)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Harpidella thomasi (23310 188544)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Harpidella novella (14054)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Harpidella novella (14068 14071)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Harpidella distincta (10378)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Harpidella tantula (10379)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic Harpidella kobayashi (10467)