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Cretiscalpellum unguis

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae

Taxonomy
Pollicipes unguis was named by Sowerby (1836). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scalpellum (Cretiscalpellum) unguis by Withers (1922); it was recombined as Cretiscalpellum unguis by Collins (1974), Buckeridge (1983) and Carriol and Collins (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Pollicipes unguis Sowerby
1910Pollicipes unguis Withers p. 498 fig. 4,5
1922Scalpellum (Cretiscalpellum) unguis Withers p. 370 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-10
1974Cretiscalpellum unguis Collins p. 383 figs. Pl 11, figs 11,12
1983Cretiscalpellum unguis Buckeridge p. 41
2000Cretiscalpellum unguis Carriol and Collins p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderCalanticomorpha
familyCretiscalpellidae()
genusCretiscalpellum
speciesunguis(Sowerby 1836)

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.

†Cretiscalpellum unguis Sowerby 1836
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Diagnosis
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