Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Parent taxon: Scalpellinae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Buckeridge 1983, Chan et al. 2010, Gale 2016, Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012, Jones 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcoscalpellum, Arcuatoscalpellum, Diotascalpellum, Graviscalpellum, Jaegerscalpellum, Regioscalpellum, Tarasovium, Verum
Subtaxa: Scalpellum accumulatum Scalpellum aduncatum Scalpellum australe Scalpellum cyphum Scalpellum dalpiazi Scalpellum dissimile Scalpellum gibbum Scalpellum lineatum Scalpellum longissimum Scalpellum paratethyianum Scalpellum parvulum Scalpellum pfeifferi Scalpellum scalpellum Scalpellum subquadratum
Type: Lepas scalpellum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), the United Kingdom (8), United States (5: Arizona, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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