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Scotoharpes lauriei

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Scotoharpes lauriei was named by Jell and Stait (1985). Its type specimen is UTGD121586 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL1602. Gordon River Road Section. 19 km west of Maydena), which is in a Lancefieldian marine siltstone in the Florentine Valley Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Scotoharpes lauriei Jell and Stait pp. 19 - 22 figs. Plate 11, figures 4-14
2002Scotoharpes laurei Ebach and McNamara pp. Table 7

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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
genusScotoharpes
specieslauriei

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.

Scotoharpes lauriei Jell and Stait 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell and B. Stait 1985Member of Scotoharpes with only very faint lp furrow evident on glabella, an occipital node, very faint alae evident as extremely weak depressions or no! evident at all, with short posteriorly directed spine on posterior of prolongation.