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Titanolepas tuberculata

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Titanolepadidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum tuberculatum was named by Darwin (1851). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charing, chalk detritus (Harris collection), which is in a Turonian/Turonian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Titanolepas.

It was recombined as Calantica (Titanolepas) tuberculata by Withers (1913); it was recombined as Titanolepas tuberculata by Gale (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Scalpellum tuberculatum Darwin
1913Calantica (Titanolepas) tuberculata Withers p. 943 figs. Pl 95, figs 1-10
2015Titanolepas tuberculata Gale p. 219

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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
familyTitanolepadidae
genusTitanolepas
speciestuberculata(Darwin 1851)

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.

Titanolepas tuberculata Darwin 1851
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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: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Calantica tuberculata (160379)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Scalpellum tuberculatum (211560)