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Harpida ✝
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 380 - 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. Adrain. 2011. Class Trilobita Walch, 1771. In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.), Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148:104-109 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Harpetidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 399 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Harpina Harrington and Leanza |
1990 | Harpina Fortey p. 562 |
1998 | Harpina Sepkoski |
2011 | Harpida Adrain p. 107 |
References
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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