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Pedupycnolepas articulata

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Taxonomy
Pycnolepas articulata was named by Collins (1980). Its type specimen is KG 1657.8b, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hyperion Nunataks [Fossil Bluff Fm], which is in an Aptian marine mudstone in the Fossil Bluff Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Pedupycnolepas.

It was recombined as Pedupycnolepas articulata by Gale and Vidovic (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pycnolepas articulata Collins pp. 22-23 figs. figs. 2-3a, b
2007Pycnolepas articulata Jagt et al. p. 36
2023Pedupycnolepas articulata Gale and Vidovic p. 19 fig. 2A,B

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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()
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderVerrucomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
familyPycnolepadidae
genusPedupycnolepasGale 2014
speciesarticulata()

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.

Pedupycnolepas articulata Collins 1980
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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: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Antarctica Pycnolepas articulata (type locality: 160142)