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Sculptella scripta

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Sculptella scripta was named by Nikolaisen (1983). It is the type species of Sculptella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Sculptella scripta Nikolaisen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSculptellaNikolaisen 1952
speciesscripta

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.

†Sculptella scripta Nikolaisen 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uhaku to the top of the Kukruse or 459.70000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway Sculptella scripta (166858)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway Sculptella scripta (166859 167108)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Hadeland) Sculptella scripta (164164)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Sculptella scripta (166776 166857 166860)