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Paradoxides (Hydrocephalus) harlani

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Paradoxididae

Taxonomy
Paradoxides harlani was named by Green (1834) [Middle Cambrian].

It was recombined as Paradoxides (Eoparadoxides) harlani by Solov''yev (1969); it was recombined as Acadoparadoxides harlani by Nobody (2000); it was recombined as Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) harlani by Geyer and Landing (2001); it was recombined as Paradoxides (Hydrocephalus) harlani by Fletcher et al. (2005); it was recombined as Hydrocephalus harlani by Garcia-Bellido et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Paradoxides harlani Green p. 336
1969Paradoxides (Eoparadoxides) harlani Solov''yev figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
2000Acadoparadoxides harlani Nobody
2001Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) harlani Geyer and Landing p. 124 figs. 5.1–5.3, 6.1–6.3, 6.8–6.10, 7.1–7.11, 8
2005Paradoxides (Hydrocephalus) harlani Fletcher et al.
2011Hydrocephalus harlani Garcia-Bellido et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyParadoxidoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyParadoxididaeEmmrich 1839
genusParadoxidesBrongniart 1822
subgenusHydrocephalus(Barrande 1846)
speciesharlani(Green 1834)

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. P. Fletcher et al. 2005Exoskeleton narrow (Fig. 6.1) or broad (Fig. 6.4), up to 27 cm long; glabella with an evenly rounded anterior margin; palpebral lobes medium-sized; genal spines long, extending posteriorly as far as the tenth thoracic segment; thorax of 17 or 18 segments of which the last four pleural spines commonly extend beyond the posterior pygidial margin and gradually decrease in length; pygidium subcircular, subquadrate, with one well-defined ring on a relatively long, bluntly pointed, triangulate axis
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 10:43:59
Modified: 2009-06-08 12:43:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: St Davids or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (Aragon) Hydrocephalus harlani (120551 120553)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Massachusetts) Paradoxides harlani (49340)