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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4634680	https://www.gbif.org/species/4634680
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20945	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20945

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpetida : Harpetidae : Scotoharpes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpida : Harpetidae : Scotoharpes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Harpida
family	Harpetidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
genus	Scotoharpes	Lamont 1948

Scientific Name

Scotoharpes Lamont, 1948

Name Published In

Quarry Managers' Journ., 31

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scotoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated with evidence	Owen, 1981
Scotoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated without evidence	Adrain et al., 1995
Scotoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated with evidence	Ebach and McNamara, 2002
Scotoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Scotoharpes	genus	belongs to Ptychopariida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

426 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

limited (based on Harpetidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Harpetidae)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

minor spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Lamont. 1948. Indications of cephalic structure in Trinucleidae and Harpetidae. Nature 162:376-377

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Scotoharpes aduncus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Scotoharpes cassinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes consuetus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes domina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes excavatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes filiarum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Scotoharpes fragilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Scotoharpes granti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes judex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes latior ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes laurei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes lauriei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Scotoharpes loma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes molongloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes pansa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes planilimbatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes raaschi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes rotundus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes sanctacrucensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes sinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes singularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Scotoharpes sombrero ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Scotoharpes spasskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Scotoharpes taimyricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes tatouyangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes telleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes tobulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes trinucleoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes vetustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Scotoharpes vitilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Scotoharpes volsellatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes willsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Scotoharpes youngi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1948	Scotoharpes Lamont
1950	Aristoharpes Whittington
1950	Selenoharpes Whittington
1981	Scotoharpes Owen
1995	Scotoharpes Adrain et al.
2002	Scotoharpes Ebach and McNamara

Year	Name and Author
2002	Aristoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 344
2002	Scotoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002	Selenoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002	Aristoharpes Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Scotoharpes Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Selenoharpes Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Lamont A. (1948) Indications of cephalic structure in Trinucleidae and Harpetidae, Nature 162, 376-377

Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88

Adrain J. M., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1995) Silurian trilobites from southwestern Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 69 4, 723-736

Ebach M. C., McNamara K. J. (2002) A systematic revision of the family Harpetidae (Trilobita), Records of the Western Australian Museum 21, 135-167

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Quarry Managers' Journ., 31 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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