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Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphoproetus newlandensis was named by Begg (1950) [DISTRIBUTION: Ordovician; Wales.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Otarion newlandensis by Owens (1973); it was recombined as Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis by Howells (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cyphoproetus newlandensis Begg p. 287 figs. pl. 14, fig. 7
1973Otarion newlandensis Owens
1982Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis Howells p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
genusHarpidella
subgenusHarpidellaMcCoy 1849
speciesnewlandensis()

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
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.10000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Harpidella newlandensis (188532 188533)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Harpidella newlandensis (188535)