Crithmumlepas aycliffensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha

Stem group Balanomorpha
Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: †Crithmumlepas
Species: †Crithmumlepas aycliffensis

Name

• Crithmumensis aycliffensis Gale & Vidovic, 2023: 54
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Cretaceous (lower Coniacan to upper Cenomanian Calycoceras guerangeri Zone0; Dover, Kent and Sussex
  • Type locality: Middle Cenomanian, Grey Chalk Subgroup, Zig Zag Formation, Calyoceras guerangeri ammonite zone; Shakespeare Cliffs, west of Dover, Kent, UK
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK PI In 64911; paratypes NHMUK PI In 64912-64920
  • ZooBank: 6E2D6C66-0A62-4731-819C-6072B1F32CF9

References

• Gale, A.S. & Vidovic, S.U. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Balanomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 21(1)ː 2258370. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2258370 Reference page.  [See p. 54, original description]