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Scalpellum accumulatum

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum accumulatum was named by Withers (1910). Its type specimen is BMNH I.12928, an other (carina), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Folkestone, Folkestone Beds (Butler collection), which is in an Albian coastal sandstone in the Folkestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Scalpellum accumulatum Withers p. 152 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyScalpelloideaPilsbry 1907
familyScalpellidaePilsbry 1907
subfamilyScalpellinaePilsbry 1907
genusScalpellumLeach 1818
speciesaccumulatum

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.

Scalpellum accumulatum Withers 1910
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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: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (Kent) Scalpellum accumulatum (type locality: 211495)