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Maghroharpes hammii

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Maghroharpes hammii was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29292, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Maghroharpes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Maghroharpes hammii Johnson p. 70 figs. Pl. 18G-N, 19A-O, 20A-P, 27L-O

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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
genusMaghroharpes
specieshammii

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.

Maghroharpes hammii Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Genicranium broad, glabella subcylindrical, rounded anteriorly and preglabellar furrow well defined. Eye lobes with two lenses, and eye and genal ridges well defined. Whole of inner margin of fringe marked by row of bigger perforations. Anterior boss mildly inflated, genal roll steeply inclined (sag. and tr.) and girder kink Σ-shaped. Brim barely concave and width ratio around 0.95. Fine perforations on brim (around 100μm) and finer on genal roll. Internal rims subparallel. Thorax with 20 segments. Blister-like tubercular granulation on dorsal surfaces of external and internal rims, occipital ring and first 5 axial rings of thorax.
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: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available