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Sculptella

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Sculptella was named by Nikolaisen (1952). Its type is Sculptella scripta.

It was assigned to Remopleuridinae by Nikolaisen (1983); to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Sculptella Nikolaisen
1983Sculptella Nikolaisen
2002Sculptella Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Sculptella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSculptellaNikolaisen 1952

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.

G. †Sculptella Nikolaisen 1952
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†Sculptella angustilingua Nikolaisen 1983
†Sculptella nonscripta Nikolaisen 1983
†Sculptella scripta Nikolaisen 1983
†Sculptella scriptoides Nikolaisen 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Uhaku to the top of the Kukruse or 459.70000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda - Uhaku469.1 - 458.0Norway (Hadeland) S. nonscripta (166997)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway S. sp. (2950)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway S. sp. (3250)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway S. scripta (166858)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Ringerike) S. angustilingua, S. nonscripta (166912)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Asker) S. nonscripta (166922 166994)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) S. nonscripta (166913 166995) S. scripta (166857) S. scripta, S. angustilingua (166776) S. scripta, S. scriptoides, S. nonscripta (166860) S. scriptoides (166861 166905 166906 166910)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Hadeland) S. scripta, S. scriptoides, S. angustilingua (164164)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway S. angustilingua (167113) S. nonscripta (166917 166918 166996) S. scripta (166859 167108) S. scriptoides (167110) S. scriptoides, S. angustilingua, S. nonscripta (166908)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo-Asker) S. angustilingua (166911)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Baerum) S. nonscripta (166915)