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Scutellum

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Scutellum Pusch p. 338
1839Brontes Goldfuss
1843Bronteus Goldfuss
1848Goldfussia Bronn
1852Goldfussius Barrande
1925Bronteus Warburg
2002Scutellum Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Bronteus Sepkoski
2002Scutellum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusScutellumPusch 1833

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. †Scutellum Pusch 1833
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Subg. †Scutellum (Scutellum) Pusch 1833
†Scutellum barrandii Hall 1859
†Scutellum calvum Chatterton 1971
†Scutellum decipulum Van Viersen and Prescher 2011
†Scutellum droseron Holloway and Neil 1982
†Scutellum protrusifrons Van Viersen and Prescher 2011
Invalid names: Brontes Goldfuss 1839 [synonym], Bronteus Goldfuss 1843 [synonym], Goldfussia Bronn 1848 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 21:51:43
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:51:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 458.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) S. sp. (8561)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) Bronteus sp. (8533)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) S. sp. (7768)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) S. sp. (8579)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Bronteus lunatus (174050)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Bronteus laticaudac (73462)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) S. borealis (25505) S. sp. (25487)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Michigan) S. sp. (539)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (25252)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Anhui) S. sp. (27737)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) S. sp. (27779 27841)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) S. polyactin (13670)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine S. umbonatum (23349)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) S. sp. (26808)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Nei Mongol) S. sp. (27731)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62USA (California) S. sp. (214346)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia S. sp. (14160)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) S. sp. (229581)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Gansu) S. sp. (27757)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Austria S. sp. (26200)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) S. rotundus (81749)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Kazakhstan S. sp. (24743)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (New Brunswick) Bronteus sp. (593)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) S. droseron (182206) S. sp. (7196 224314)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Uzbekistan S. elegans (181367)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation S. sp. (24737 24774)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco S. sp. (208258 208259 208261)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia S. obscurum (10378) S. sieberi (10342) S. sieberi, S. obscurum (12101)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) S. siberi (12071)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Spain S. sp. (234799)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Italy S. kutorgai (26255) S. schobli, S. kutorgai (26245)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia S. sieberi (10344)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (León) S. sp. l (235101)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) S. sp. (40405 40407)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Bronteus barrandii (233202)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) S. depressum (26587 26596 26613)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) S. calvum (39884)
Zlichovian - Daleje410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) S. hollandi (10181)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Italy S. alpinum (26247 26253)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland S. sp. (164486)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95France (Alsace) S. sp. 1 gr. costatum (40071)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. flabelliferum (229542) S. newberria (229637)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany S. sp. (25364)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) S. geesense (188939)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium S. sp. (223279)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) S. geesense (188766)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) S. flabelliferum (229541)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Uzbekistan S. meiorum (181372 181373 181374 181375)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Sauerland) S. flabelliferum (229643) S. sp. (229644)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Czechia (Moravia) S. flabelliferum (5770)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) Bronteus sp. (111919)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (229539)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany S. n. sp. (229629) S. sp. (60162)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) S. flabelliferum (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) S. sp. (70367 70372 70428 70429 70433 70434 70435)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) S. sp. (235975)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. n. sp. E (229485) S. sp. (229458 229486)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) S. depressum (94215 94216)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland S. flabelliferum (83034)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Alsace) S. sp. 2 gr. costatum (40075)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) S. tullium (207840)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Illinois) S. tullium (54909)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Germany (Sauerland) S. sp. A (229409)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland S. flabelliferum (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) S. tenuistriatum (223297)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) S. costatus (84383)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain (Castille & Léon) S. costatum (234789 234791)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France S. whidbornei, S. pardalios (38812)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain S. sp. (27714)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) S. costatum, S. suundukensis (83918)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Poland S. flabelliferum (82658)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Alaska) Bronteus sp. (36603)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Belgium S. costatum (120925)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) S. thomasi (94211)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain S. sp. (27618)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France S. flabelliferum (38686) S. whidbornei (38689)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium S. costatum (92843)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany S. costatum (217011)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) S. mirabilis (84378)