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Harpes supercilium

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Harpes supercilium was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29252, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Harpes supercilium Johnson p. 53 figs. Pl.3A-P, 4A-D

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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
genusHarpesGoldfuss 1839
speciessupercilium

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 supercilium Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Narrow cephalon, widest (tr.) midway between eyes and alae, width (tr.) is just over 1.1 times sagittal length. Glabella anteriorly rounded cone. Eye lobe with short transverse eye ridge on posterior edge. Alar furrows becoming shallower distally. Prolongations are about same length (exsag.) as cephalon (sag.). In lateral view, internal rim has subdued wave-shaped profile and is terminated by short genal spine. Twenty thoracic 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 04:31:23
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available