Sculda pennata Münster, 1840

Charbonnier, Sylvain & Garassino, Alessandro, 2012, The marine arthropods from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones (Late Jurassic, Germany) in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Geodiversitas 34 (4), pp. 857-871 : 868

Sculda pennata Münster, 1840 ( Fig. 5E )

STUDIED MATERIAL. — 1 specimen from Solnhofen (MNHN.F.B13466). Collection A. Milne Edwards.

COMMENTS

Contrary to the Münster’s type specimens (1840: pl. 1, figs 7, 8), the studied specimen shows wellpreserved telson, uropods, and stalked-eyes.

Figures

FIG. 5. — Eryonidae and Sculdidae from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones (Bavaria, Germany): A, Cycleryon propinquus (von Schlotheim, 1822), dorsal view (MNHN.F.A33518, Eichstätt); B, first pereiopod of C. spinimanus (Germar, 1827) considered as the female of C. propinquus, probable exuvia (MNHN.F.A42006, Solnhofen); C, C. orbiculatus (Münster, 1839), dorsal view (MNHN.F.B13434, Solnhofen); D, Eryon cuvieri Desmarest, 1817, dorsal view (MNHN.F.R03402, Solnhofen); E, Sculda pennata Münster, 1840, dorsal view (MNHN.F.B13466, Solnhofen). Scale bars: A-D, H, 2 cm; E, 1 cm. Photographs by C. Lemzaouda (MNHN).