Eskoharpes

Eskoharpes
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Harpetida
Family: Harpetidae
Genus: Eskoharpes
McNamara, Feist & Ebach, 2009

Eskoharpes is a genus of harpetid trilobites. Along with Globoharpes it is one of the only harpetids that are found from the Frasnian stage of the Devonian period. It most likely evolved from Lioharpes.[1]

Species

All species of Eskoharpes, except for E. neogracilis (Germany and Australia) and E. sicarius (Morocco),[2] are found in the late Frasnian of the Canning Basin in Western Australia.

Species

  • Eskoharpes boltoni
  • Eskoharpes guthae
  • Eskoharpes neogracilis (=Harpes neogracilis)
  • Eskoharpes palanasus (type species)
  • Eskoharpes sicarius[2]
  • Eskoharpes wandjina

References

  1. ^ McNamara, Kenneth; Feist, Raimund; Ebach, Malte (2009). "Patterns of Evolution and Extinction in the Last Harpetid Trilobites During the Late Devonian (Frasnian)". Palaeontology . 52 (1): 11–33. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52...11M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00832.x. S2CID 129912220.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, R. G. (2024). "Devonian Harpetidae from the central and eastern Anti–Atlas, Morocco". Zootaxa. 5450 (1): 1–185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5450.1.1.