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Squama spissa

Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Stramentidae

Taxonomy
Squama spissa was named by Logan (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jewell County, which is in a Coniacian carbonate chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Squama spissa Logan p. 187

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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()
orderArchaeolepadomorpha
familyStramentidaeWithers 1920
subfamilyStramentinaeWithers 1920
genusSquama
speciesspissa

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.

Squama spissa Logan 1897
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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 Coniacian or 89.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Kansas) Squama spissa (type locality: 210348)