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Ciliscutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Ciliscutellum was named by Lin (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov Sepkoski's reference number: ZR88]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Ciliscutellum Lin
2002Ciliscutellum Jell and Adrain p. 358
2002Ciliscutellum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusCiliscutellumLin 1987

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.

G. †Ciliscutellum Lin 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wenlock or 433.40000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Arkansas) C. sp. (229058)