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Metaloriculina norvicensis

Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Stramentidae

Taxonomy
Metaloriculina norvicensis was named by Gale (2016). Its type specimen is NHMUK IC 1226 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cringleford Newfound Farm pit, sample levels Cr1-3, which is in a Campanian carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Metaloriculina norvicensis Gale p. 673 figs. 13, 14I-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderArchaeolepadomorpha
familyStramentidaeWithers 1920
subfamilyLoriculinae
genusMetaloriculina
speciesnorvicensis

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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Metaloriculina norvicensis (157759 type locality: 210319)