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Maghroharpes minutipunctus

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Maghroharpes minutipunctus was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29312, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Maghroharpes minutipunctus Johnson p. 79 figs. Pl. 23E-P

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMaghroharpes
speciesminutipunctus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Broad (sag.) brim, around 37% of cephalic length (sag.), with moderately high density of fine perforations. Eye tubercles set well away from inner margin of fringe. Transverse eye ridges, which turn anteriorly in axial furrow. Preglabellar boss barely inflated and no median girder kink. Each eye lobe with three contiguous eye lenses.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available