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Dolichoharpes arctica Whittington, 1954

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dolichoharpes arctica Whittington, 1954
Name authority
Whittington, 1954
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Harpetida
Family
Harpetidae
Genus
Dolichoharpes
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. classTrilobita
  5. orderHarpetida
  6. familyHarpetidae
  7. genusDolichoharpes
  8. speciesDolichoharpes arctica Whittington, 1954

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dolichoharpes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dolichoharpes reticulata Whittington, 1949HarpetidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Dolichoharpes uniserialis (Raymond, 1925)HarpetidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct

Browse 8 records assigned to Harpetidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Whittington, H. B. (1954). Ordovician trilobites from Silliman’s Fossil Mount. In A. K. Miller, W. Youngquist, and C. Collinson, Ordovician Cephalopod Fauna of Baffin Island, Geological Society of America Memoir: 119--, 149. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:37592. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.