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Calantica (Scillaelepas) cardabia

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae

Taxonomy
Calantica (Scillaelepas) cardabia was named by Buckeridge (1983). Its type specimen is 71.275, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cy Creek [Miria Marl], which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Miria Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. pittensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Calantica (Scillaelepas) cardabia Buckeridge p. 32 figs. fig. 21; pl. 1e-h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderCalanticomorpha
familyCalanticidaeZevina 1978
genusCalanticaSeguenza 1872
subgenusScillaelepas
speciescardabia

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.

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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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Calantica cardabia (41538 type locality: 153527 212599)