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Scalpellum cyphum

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum cyphum was named by Withers (1910). Its type specimen is BMNH I.13405, an other (carina), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grey Chalk, Dover (J. Starkie Gardner collection), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Zig-Zag Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Scalpellum cyphum Withers p. 155 figs. 6-9

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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
speciescyphum

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 cyphum 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: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Scalpellum cyphum (type locality: 211497)