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Calappilia scopuli

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Calappilia scopuli was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BMNH In.61705, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Calappilia scopuli Quayle and Collins p. 740 figs. Pl 104, fig 8
1991Calappilia scopuli Via p. 182
2009Calappilia scopuli Beschin et al. p. 71
2010Calappilia scopuli Schweitzer et al. p. 83
2012Calappilia scopuli Busulini et al. p. 54 figs. T. 2, f. 3
2014Calappilia scopuli Busulini et al. p. 203
2016Calappilia scopuli Rumsey et al. p. 330

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusCalappiliaMilne Edwards 1873
speciesscopuli

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.

Calappilia scopuli Quayle and Collins 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Calappilia scopuli (207595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Alicante) Calappilia scopuli (207104)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Calappilia scopuli (226649 type locality: 226653 226654)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Calappilia scopuli (226756)