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Pollicipedidae

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Taxonomy
Pollicipedidae was named by Gruvel (1905). It is extant. Its type is Pollicipes.

It was assigned to Scalpellomorpha by Jones (2007); to Scalpelliformes by Gale (2015); and to Pollicipomorpha by Chan et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Anelasma, Capitulum, Pollicipes (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Pollicipedidae Gruvel
2007Pollicipedidae Jones p. 292
2015Pollicipedidae Gale p. 227
2021Pollicipedidae Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderPollicipomorpha
familyPollicipedidaeGruvel 1905
familyPollicipedidaeGruvel 1905

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.

Fm. Pollicipedidae Gruvel 1905
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G. Anelasma Darwin 1852
G. Capitulum Gray 1825
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†Capitulum caelatum Withers 1935
†Capitulum lailae Gipp 1927
G. Pollicipes Leach 1817
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†Pollicipes filosus Withers 1911
†Pollicipes nitidum Collins 1974
†Pollicipes striatum Gale 2015
†Pollicipes vansyoci Gale 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Holocene or 110.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 106.3 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) Pollicipes nitidum (211447 211448 211455)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Pollicipes nitidum (211450 211451 211452 211458 211468 211469 211472 211473 211475)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Pollicipes glaber (146401 146500 146501)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Capitulum caelatum, Pollicipes vansyoci, Pollicipes striatum (210592)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Pollicipes filosus (211482 211483)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Pollicipes danicus (89866)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Capitulum lailae (226628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Pollicipes pollicipes (215718)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Pollicipes pollicipes (101904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Pollicipes pollicipes (215716 215726 215734 215740)