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Harpididae
Taxonomy
Harpididae was named by Whittington (1950). It is not extant. Its type is Harpides.
It was assigned to Harpina by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Harpida by Adrain (2011); and to Harpetida by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).
It was assigned to Harpina by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Harpida by Adrain (2011); and to Harpetida by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).
Subtaxa
Arraphus, Dictyocephalites, Harpides (type genus), Harpidoides, Kitatella, Loganopeltis, Loganopeltoides, Metaharpides, Paraharpides, Pscemiaspis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Arraphus Angelin |
| 1950 | Harpididae Whittington |
| 1957 | Harpididae Harrington and Leanza |
| 2002 | Arraphus Jell and Adrain p. 344 |
| 2002 | Harpididae Jell and Adrain p. 472 |
| 2002 | Arraphus Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Harpididae Adrain p. 108 |
| 2021 | Harpididae Beech and Lamsdell pp. 2220 - 2221 |
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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.
Fm. †Harpididae Whittington 1950
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G. †Dictyocephalites Bergeron 1895
G. †Harpides Beyrich 1846
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†Harpides grimmi Barrande 1872
†Harpides neogaeus Harrington and Leanza 1957
G. †Harpidoides Petrunina et al. 1983
G. †Kitatella Khalfin 1960
G. †Loganopeltis Rasetti 1943
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†Loganopeltis minuta Rasetti 1944
†Loganopeltis zenkeri Billings 1860
G. †Metaharpides Pillet and Courtessole 1980
G. †Paraharpides Pillet and Courtessole 1980
G. †Pscemiaspis Abdullaev 1970
Invalid names: Arraphus Angelin 1854 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. D. Beech and J. C. Lamsdell 2021 | Cephalic border not sharply set off from convex genae and preglabellar field; alae small, semicircular; facial sutures marginal, or with parallel anterior and posterior sections running close to each other and directed anterolaterally from eye tubercles to margin; genal caeca radiating over cheek lobes and in some cases extending onto cephalic border. Hypostome subrectangular, length (sag.) equal to that of glabella. Thorax with 20 or more segments; axis narrow; long (tr.) pleurae curving back at outer part may be extended into spines, with deep pleural furrows and convex posterior bands (Fortey & Owens 1997). |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Hirnantian or 497.00000 to 443.40000 Ma
Collections (64 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paibian | China (Zhejiang) | Loganopeltoides sp. (128286) | |
| Franconian | Canada (Yukon) | Loganopeltoides sp. (55301) | |
| Furongian | Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) | Harpidoides assiensis (203914 203915 203916) Harpidoides eximus (203913) | |
| Sunwaptan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Loganopeltoides minuta (81277) Loganopeltoides sp. A (81288) Loganopeltoides zenkeri (81269 81270 81286) | |
| Trempealeauan | Canada (Quebec) | Loganopeltis minuta (224134) Loganopeltis zenkeri (224133 224137 224138 224140 224142) | |
| Batyrbaian | Kazakhstan | Loganopeltoides proprius (118906 118907 118908 118909 118910) | |
| Batyrbaian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Harpidoides eximins (205625) | |
| Tremadoc | China (Hunan) | Harpides sp. (7703) | |
| Tremadoc | Argentina (Salta) | Harpides neogaeus (115987) | |
| Tremadoc | Canada (Alberta) | Harpides sp. (10912 10925) | |
| Tremadoc | Antarctica | Harpides sp. (116174) | |
| Tremadoc | Sweden | Harpides rugosus (3107) Harpides sp. (3108 3110) | |
| Tremadoc | Czech Republic | Harpides grimmi (3837 223845) | |
| Varangu | Sweden | Harpides rugosus (172663) | |
| Varangu | Norway (Oslo) | Harpides rugosus (3183) | |
| Tremadocian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Loganopeltoides kindlei (81289 81290) | |
| Tremadocian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Loganopeltoides sp. (198242) | |
| Tremadocian | Morocco (Anti-Atlas) | Harpides sp. (166727) | |
| Early/Lower Ordovician | USA (Alaska) | Harpides sp. (100358 101846) | |
| Arenig | China (GanSu) | Harpides sp. (8568) | |
| Arenig | Sweden | Harpides sp. (3196 3248) | |
| Arenig - Llandeilo | China (XinJiang) | Harpides sp. (20794) | |
| Floian | France (Montagne Noire) | Harpides villebruni (20827) | |
| Billingen | Sweden (Närne) | Harpides rugosus (192903) | |
| Langevoja | Sweden | Harpides sp. (198073 198074) | |
| Volkhov | Sweden | Harpides rugosus (198121) Harpides sp. (198132) | |
| Volkhov | Russian Federation | Harpides plantini (157104 157111 157125) | |
| Volkhov | Lithuania | Harpides rugosus (207286) | |
| Chazyan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Harpides atlanticus (104800 104861) | |
| Whiterockian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Harpides atlanticus (104813 104817 104857 104862) | |
| Turinian | Canada (British Columbia) | Harpididae indet. (192177) | |
| Mohawkian | USA (Nevada) | Harpididae indet. (105556) | |
| Hirnantian | Canada (Quebec) | Harpididae indet. (194180) |