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Helioharpes aougili

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Helioharpes aougili was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29254, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Helioharpes aougili Johnson p. 65 figs. Pl. 17A–K, M–P

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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
genusHelioharpesPribyl and Vanek 1981
speciesaougili

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.

Helioharpes aougili Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Cephalon mildly piriform. Genicranium moderately vaulted, glabella more strongly vaulted, tectiform and carinate. Occipital ring in lateral view near vertical. Eye lobes long (exsag.), reniform in shape and eye ridge low and broad. Internal rim slanting abaxially over first 2/3 before curving strongly adaxially. In lateral view, prolongations strongly tapered and external and internal borders converge posteriorly to run adjacent to each other along final third of prolongation. External and internal rim very robust. First five thoracic axial rings with axial tubercle. Pleural furrows narrow (exsag.), deepening posteriorly.
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available