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Pachyscalpellum saskatchewanensis

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha

Taxonomy
Calantica saskatchewanensis was named by Russell (1967). Its type specimen is ROM 28151, an other (right and left scuta), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeast margin of Cypress Lake, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Bearpaw Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Pachyscalpellum saskatchewanensis by Gale (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Calantica saskatchewanensis Russell p. 1544 figs. 1-5
2022Pachyscalpellum saskatchewanensis Gale p. 214 figs. 1A-T, 2A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderCalanticomorpha
genusPachyscalpellum
speciessaskatchewanensis()

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.

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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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Calantica saskatchewanensis (type locality: 226181)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Calantica saskatchewanensis (226182)