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Pycnolepas tithonica

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Taxonomy
Brachylepas tithonicus was named by Withers (1912) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Is "electrotype". Holotype is a carina in the M. Remeš Collection (Olomouc).]. Its type specimen is NHM I.15819, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Štramberk, white limestone (Remes collection), which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the White Limestone Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Pycnolepas tithonica by Jagt et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Brachylepas tithonicus Withers p. 506 figs. pl. 12, figs. 13, 14
2007Pycnolepas tithonica Jagt et al. p. 35

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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()
orderVerrucomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
familyPycnolepadidae
genusPycnolepasWithers 1914
speciestithonica(Withers 1912)

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.

Pycnolepas tithonica Withers 1912
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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: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Brachylepas tithonicus (160376)