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Plicatolina scalpta

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Plicatolina scalpta was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). Its type specimen is no. 2637 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. partita, P. perlata, P. xiyangshanensis, P. yakutica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Plicatolina scalpta Harrington and Leanza pp. 111 - 113 figs. 40; 41,1-9
2011Plicatolina scalpa Balseiro et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPlicatolininae
genusPlicatolinaShaw 1951
speciesscalpta

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.

†Plicatolina scalpta Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:44:45
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:44:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina Plicatolina scalpa (115454 115458) Plicatolina scalpta (223798 235392 235393)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (Jujuy) Plicatolina scalpa (115415 115418 115419 115422 115426 115427 115428 115429 115430 115432 115433 115434)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) Plicatolina scalpta (42518)
Stage 10491.0 - 486.85Argentina (Jujuy) Plicatolina scalpa (115435)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) Plicatolina scalpta (116138)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Plicatolina scalpta (8802)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Plicatolina scalpta (115767 115804 115808 116009)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Plicatolina scalpta (9090 9092)