Austrobalanus macdonaldensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea

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 Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Tetraclitoidea

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Austrobalaninae
Genus: Austrobalanus
†Species: Austrobalanus macdonaldensis

Name

• Austrobalanus macdonaldensis Buckeridge, 1983: 74
  • Geological age: late Eocene to early Oligocene, New Zealand, and Seymour Island, Antarctica
  • Type locality: MacDonald Limestone, Everetts quarry, South Island, New Zealand
  • Typus: Holotype OAR 106
  • Distribution: New Zealand, Seymour Island Antarctica
  • ZooBank: 73AAF8FE-F0E7-4990-97D4-F1989DEA78A4

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983: Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, (50) Reference page.  [See p. 74, original description]

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• Zullo, V.A., Feldmann, R.M. & Wiedman, L.A. 1988. Balanomorph Cirripedia from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Pp 459–464 in Geological Society of America, Memoir 169. DOI: 10.1130/MEM169-p459 Chapter PDF Reference page.  [See p. 460, range extension]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Austrobalanus macdonaldensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Austrobalanus macdonaldensis.
• ION
• Austrobalanus macdonaldensis in the World Register of Marine Species