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Parastramentum expansum

Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Stramentidae

Taxonomy
Loricula expansa was named by Withers (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Harnham (Actinocamax quadratus zone), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Stramentum expansa by Hattin (1977); it was recombined as Parastramentum expansum by Gale (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Loricula expansa Withers p. 27 fig. 8
1977Stramentum expansa Hattin p. 797
2016Parastramentum expansum Gale p. 697 figs. 14N-P

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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()
orderArchaeolepadomorpha
familyStramentidaeWithers 1920
subfamilyStramentinaeWithers 1920
genusParastramentum
speciesexpansum()

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.

Parastramentum expansum Withers 1911
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Diagnosis
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