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Scotoharpes

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Scotoharpes Lamont
1950Aristoharpes Whittington
1950Selenoharpes Whittington
1981Scotoharpes Owen
1995Scotoharpes Adrain et al.
2002Scotoharpes Ebach and McNamara
2002Scotoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Selenoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Aristoharpes Sepkoski
2002Scotoharpes Sepkoski
2002Selenoharpes Sepkoski
2021Scotoharpes Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221

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

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.

G. †Scotoharpes Lamont 1948
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Scotoharpes aduncus Fortey 1980
Scotoharpes cassinensis Whitfield 1897
Scotoharpes consuetus Billings 1863
Scotoharpes domina Lamont 1948
Scotoharpes excavatus Linnarsson 1875
Scotoharpes filiarum Dean 1979
Scotoharpes fragilis Raymond 1925
Scotoharpes granti Billings 1865
Scotoharpes judex Marr and Nicholson 1888
Scotoharpes latior Poulsen 1934
Scotoharpes laurei Jell and Stait 1985
Scotoharpes lauriei Jell and Stait 1985
Scotoharpes loma Lane 1972
Scotoharpes molongloensis Chatterton and Campbell 1980
Scotoharpes pansa Maksimova 1960
Scotoharpes raaschi Norford 1973
Scotoharpes rotundus Bohlin 1955
Scotoharpes sinensis Grabau 1925
Scotoharpes singularis Whittington 1965
Scotoharpes sombrero Owen 1981
Scotoharpes spasskii Eichwald 1840
Scotoharpes taimyricus Balaschova 1959
Scotoharpes tatouyangensis Chan and Fang 1960
Scotoharpes telleri Weller 1907
Scotoharpes tobulatus Chugaeva 1975
Scotoharpes trinucleoides Etheridge and Mitchell 1917
Scotoharpes vetustus Zhou and Zhang 1978
Scotoharpes vitilis Whittington 1963
Scotoharpes volsellatus Howells 1982
Scotoharpes willsi Whittington 1950
Scotoharpes youngi Reed 1914
Invalid names: Aristoharpes Whittington 1950 [synonym], Selenoharpes Whittington 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 21:48:06
Modified: 2010-02-08 08:43:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Ludfordian or 478.60000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (10925 10936)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) Selenoharpes sp. (7983)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) S. lauriei (165772) Selenoharpes sp. (2671)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Selenoharpes sp. (8719 8721)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) S. sp. (4724)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Selenoharpes sp. (3196)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Selenoharpes sp. (78093)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden (Närne) Selenoharpes sp. (192903)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation Harpes spasskii (157107 157108 157109 157111 157112 157113 157114 157115 157116 157117 157119 157124 157125 157131 157132 157133)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Selenoharpes singularis (104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Selenoharpes sp. (80062 80066)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) S. aduncus (106480)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Selenoharpes vitilis (104752)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation Harpes spasskii (157142)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Yunnan) Selenoharpes sp. (5423)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina S. sp. (8748)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Norway S. sp. (3180)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Selenoharpes sp. (78097)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China S. sp. (154901)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) Eoharpes fragilis (192823)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (Hubei) S. sp. (4711)
Aseri463.5 - 460.9Estonia Harpes spasskii (56200)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia Harpes spasskii (56205)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (Virginia) S. sp. (178244 178251)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Canada (Newfoundland) S. filiarum (192738)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Selenoharpes sp. (80177)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) S. youngi (208120)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Selenoharpes youngi (165043)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangSu) S. sp. (7942)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) S. sp. (210140)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2Norway S. sombrero (163391)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Greenland S. sp. (12937)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Aristoharpes sp. (25487)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Alaska) S. raaschi (99507)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Greenland S. sp. (23051)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) S. judex (50285 50286)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Hubei) S. sinensis (27813)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Greenland S. sp. (23053)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) S. willsi (50283)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Greenland S. loma (23048) S. sp. (23101)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China Aristoharpes sp. (27773)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) S. domina (23308 170693 188545) S. sp. (170694) S. volsellatus (188539)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Yukon Territory) S. raaschi (23100)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) S. consuetus (185535)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) S. sp. (91415)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (Australian Capital Territory) S. molongloensis (25679)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Greenland S. sp. (188490)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) S. telleri (24944)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) S. telleri (13107)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Australia (New South Wales) S. trinucleoides (25634)