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Scutellum decipulum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Scutellum decipulum was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2011). Its type specimen is IRSNB a7782A, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arche, Frasnes-lez-Couvin, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Moulin Lienaux Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Scutellum decipulum Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 59 - 60 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusScutellumPusch 1833
speciesdecipulum

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.

Scutellum decipulum Van Viersen and Prescher 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2011Large Scutellum species with the following combination of features: pygidia easily attaining 30 mm in sagittal length. Cephalon wholly moderately weakly vaultred (tr.) and of widely and smoothly rounded outline. Axial furrows making an angle of 60° from L1. Border in front of glabella. Librigenal field slopes smoothly abaxially. Sharp, posteriorly directed genal angle. Median rib proximally as wide as, and less vaulted (tr.) than, adjacent pleural rib pair.
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
Created: 2009-06-09 21:51:43
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:51:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Belgium Scutellum costatum (type locality: 120925)