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Scutellum (Scutellum)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Scutellum (Scutellum) Pusch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusScutellumPusch 1833
subgenusScutellumPusch 1833

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.

Subg. †Scutellum (Scutellum) Pusch 1833
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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
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:51:43
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:51:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 399.50000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland Scutellum sp. (164486)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95France (Alsace) Scutellum sp. 1 gr. costatum (40071)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Scutellum depressum (94215 94216)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Alsace) Scutellum sp. 2 gr. costatum (40075)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Scutellum whidbornei, Scutellum pardalios (38812)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France Scutellum flabelliferum (38686) Scutellum whidbornei (38689)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Scutellum thomasi (94211)