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Eoharpes ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3266964	https://www.gbif.org/species/3266964
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20495	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20495

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpetida : Harpetidae : Eoharpes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpida : Harpetidae : Eoharpes

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	Eoharpes	Raymond 1905

Scientific Name

Eoharpes Raymond, 1905

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 19

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eoharpes	subgenus	belongs to Harpes	stated with evidence	Reed, 1914
Eoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpidae	stated without evidence	Romano and Henry, 1982
Eoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated with evidence	Ebach and McNamara, 2002
Eoharpes	genus	belongs to Harpetidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Eoharpes	genus	belongs to Ptychopariida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 466 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

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)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eoharpes antiquatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eoharpes benignensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eoharpes cristatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eoharpes guichenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eoharpes macaoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eoharpes primus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eoharpes yijianfangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Harpina Novák, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpetida : Harpetidae : *Harpina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1905	Eoharpes Raymond
1914	Harpes (Eoharpes) Reed
1982	Eoharpes Romano and Henry p. 625
2002	Eoharpes Ebach and McNamara
2002	Eoharpes Jell and Adrain p. 372
2002	Eoharpes Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Romano M, Henry J L (1982) The trilobite genus Eoharpes from the Ordovician of Brittany and Portugal, Palaeontology 25 3, 623-633

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 19 - 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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