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Eskoharpes guthae

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Eskoharpes guthae was named by McNamara et al. (2009). Its type specimen is WAM 07.174, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 08. Lower Phacopid Gully, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eskoharpes guthae McNamara et al. pp. 20-22 figs. pl. 2, figs. 10-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusEskoharpes
speciesguthae

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.

Eskoharpes guthae McNamara et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Eskoharpes guthae (type locality: 223207)