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Globoharpes
Taxonomy
Globoharpes was named by McNamara et al. (2009). Its type is Globoharpes teicherti.
It was assigned to Harpetidae by McNamara et al. (2009) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).
It was assigned to Harpetidae by McNamara et al. (2009) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).
Species
G. friendi, G. teicherti (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Globoharpes McNamara et al. p. 23 |
| 2021 | Globoharpes Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221 |
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G. †Globoharpes McNamara et al. 2009
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†Globoharpes friendi McNamara et al. 2009
†Globoharpes teicherti McNamara et al. 2009
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. J. McNamara et al. 2009 | Cephalon very vaulted, with strongly tapering prolongations; brim and genal roll both strongly convex and steeply inclined sagittally, less so laterally. Girder very distinct and smooth. Prominent large preglabellar boss, as wide as posterior of glabellar, on genal roll in some morphotypes. Genal area of low convexity. Eye lobes anteriorly positioned. Eye ridges broad, short and weak. Glabella small, strongly vaulted. Ala prominent; alar furrows and posterior alar depression deep. Posterior border furrow broad and shallow. Brim, genal roll and prolongations with irregular but prominent pitting, except on lateral genal roll, where more radially aligned. Genal area, occipital ring and glabella ornamented with fine granules. Hypostome, thorax and pygidium unknown. |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | G. friendi (216425) G. teicherti (214756) G. teicherti, G. friendi (223206) |