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Calanticidae

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae

Taxonomy
Calanticidae was named by Zevina (1978). It is extant. Its type is Calantica.

It was reranked as the subfamily Calanticinae by Buckeridge (1983).

It was assigned to Scalpellidae by Buckeridge (1983); to Scalpellomorpha by Carriol and Collins (2000), Jones (2007); to Scalpelliformes by Chan et al. (2010); to Calamida by Gale (2019); and to Calanticomorpha by Chan et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Calanticidae Zevina
1983Calanticinae Buckeridge p. 28
2000Calanticidae Carriol and Collins p. 142
2007Calanticidae Jones p. 291
2010Calanticidae Chan et al. p. 3
2019Calanticidae Gale
2021Calanticidae Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderCalanticomorpha
familyCalanticidaeZevina 1978
familyCalanticidaeZevina 1978

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. Calanticidae Zevina 1978
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G. Aurivillialepas Newman 1980
G. Calantica Gray 1825
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Calantica villosus Leach 1824
G. Crosnieriella Jones 1998
G. Euscalpellum Hoek 1907
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Euscalpellum balcombicum Buckeridge 1983
Euscalpellum carolinensis Zullo and Baum 1981
Euscalpellum cliftonense Withers 1953
Euscalpellum egmontense Buckeridge 1983
Euscalpellum eocenense Meyer 1885
Euscalpellum meridianum Chapman and Crespin 1928
Euscalpellum wheeleri Zullo et al. 1992
G. †Gruvelialepas Newman 1980
G. Newmanilepas Nevina and Yakhontova 1987
G. Paracalantica Utinomi 1958
G. Smilium Leach 1825
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Smilium calanticoideum Buckeridge 1983
Smilium peronii Gray 1825
Smilium subplanum Withers 1913
Smilium tortachillense Buckeridge 1983
G. †Zeascalpellum Buckeridge 1983
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Zeascalpellum crassum Buckeridge 1983
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 Santonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 85.70000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Australia (Western Australia) Calantica ginginensis (123005 160651 212528) Calantica ginginensis, Calantica kendricki (160650)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Calantica angulata (210592)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Calantica cardabia (41538 153527 212599)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0New Zealand Calantica pittensis (51083)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand Calantica pittensis (51084)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Calantica pittensis (51078)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Euscalpellum minutum (8025)
Bortonian - Kaiatan42.6 - 36.7New Zealand Calantica studeri (52129 63107)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Euscalpellum eocenense (90469 92267)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Euscalpellum eocenense (44410 44518)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Euscalpellum carolinensis (159934)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Euscalpellum carolinensis (5387 7297)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Euscalpellum eocenense (90706 99671 99674 101180 101190)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Euscalpellum wheeleri (66190)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland Scalpellum studeri (65054)