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Cretiscalpellum macrum

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae

Taxonomy
Cretiscalpellum macrum was named by Collins (1973). Its type specimen is BMNH In.64414 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northeast of the Church, 3 miles east of West Greene , which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cretiscalpellum macrum Collins p. 354 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 1-6

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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
speciesmacrum

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 macrum Collins 1973
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Diagnosis
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