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Pollicipes filosus

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Taxonomy
Pollicipes filosus was named by Withers (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Redlynch, near Salisbury (Belemnitella mucronata zone), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Pollicipes filosus Withers p. 26 fig. 6

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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()
orderPollicipomorpha
familyPollicipedidaeGruvel 1905
genusPollicipesLeach 1817
speciesfilosus

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.

Pollicipes filosus Withers 1911
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Pollicipes filosus (211482 type locality: 211483)