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Harpidella megalops

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Harpes megalops was named by McCoy (1846). It is the type species of Harpidella.

It was recombined as Harpidella megalops by M'Coy (1849), Owen and Bruton (1980), Owen (1981), Owen and Harper (1982) and Owens and Hammann (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Harpidella megalops M'Coy p. 412
1980Harpidella megalops Owen and Bruton
1981Harpidella megalops Owen
1982Harpidella megalops Owen and Harper
1990Harpidella megalops Owens and Hammann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyAulacopleurinaeAngelin 1854
genusHarpidella
speciesmegalops(McCoy 1846)

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.

Harpidella megalops McCoy 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:21:41
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:21:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Ireland Harpidella megalops (90302)