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Jaegerscalpellum comptum

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum comptum was named by Withers (1910). Its type specimen is BMNH I.13403, an other (left tergum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sevenoaks (Caleb Evans collection), which is in an Aptian marine sandstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) comptum by Withers (1935); it was recombined as Arcoscalpellum comptum by Withers (1946), Carriol and Collins (2000); it was recombined as Arcuatoscalpellum comptum by Gale (2016); it was recombined as Jaegerscalpellum comptum by Gale (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Scalpellum comptum Withers p. 153 figs. text-fig. 5
1935Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) comptum Withers p. 202 figs. pl. 23, figs. 7, 8
1946Arcoscalpellum comptum Withers p. 553 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
2000Arcoscalpellum comptum Carriol and Collins p. 143
2016Arcuatoscalpellum comptum Gale p. 297
2019Jaegerscalpellum comptum Gale p. 668 figs. 7B,C, 9B,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyScalpelloideaPilsbry 1907
familyScalpellidaePilsbry 1907
subfamilyScalpellinaePilsbry 1907
genusJaegerscalpellum
speciescomptum()

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.

†Jaegerscalpellum comptum Withers 1910
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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: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Arcoscalpellum comptum (171903)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom Scalpellum comptum (211496)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Arcoscalpellum comptum (160148)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) Arcoscalpellum comptum (211447 211448 211449 211454 211455 211459)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Arcoscalpellum comptum (211450 211451 211452 211457 211458 211463 211464 211468 211469 211471 211472 211473)