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Cretiscalpellum harnedi

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae

Taxonomy
Cretiscalpellum harnedi was named by Collins (1973). Its type specimen is BMNH In.64421, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barr Pasture (Harned collection), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cretiscalpellum harnedi Collins p. 357 figs. Plate I, Figs. 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderCalanticomorpha
familyCretiscalpellidae()
genusCretiscalpellum
speciesharnedi

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.

Cretiscalpellum harnedi Collins 1973
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cretiscalpellum harnedi (210594)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cretiscalpellum harnedi (210595 210601 type locality: 210602)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cretiscalpellum harnedi (210607)