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Sculptella

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4635732https://www.gbif.org/species/4635732
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)20189https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20189
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Sculptella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSculptellaNikolaisen 1982
Scientific NameSculptella Nikolaisen, 1982
Name Published InNor Geol Tidsskr 62 (4)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sculptellagenusbelongs to Remopleuridinaestated with evidenceNikolaisen, 1983
Sculptellagenusbelongs to Asaphidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sculptellagenusbelongs to Remopleurididaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance468 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Remopleurididae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Remopleurididae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Asaphida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sculptella angustilingua
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Sculptella nonscripta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Sculptella scripta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Sculptella scriptoides
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Sculptella Nikolaisen
1983Sculptella Nikolaisen
2002Sculptella Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Sculptella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nikolaisen F. (1983) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 32. Trilobites of the family Remopleurididae, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 231-329
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nor Geol Tidsskr 62 (4) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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