Blastolepas orlovi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeolepadomorpha

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: †Archaeolepadomorpha

Familia: †Stramentidae
Subfamilia: †Loriculinae
Genus: †Blastolepas
†Species: Blastolepas orlovi

Name

Blastolepas orlovi Drushchits & Zevina, 1969: 77

• Geological age: Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Type locality: Northwest Caucasas Mountains, USSR
• Types: MGU 128/16
• Distribution: Known only from type area, epibiont on ammonoids
• ZooBank: D7100EB2-E088-4B26-86A5-1E76093EA4F5

References

• Drushchits, V.V. (Друщиц, В.В.) & Zevina, G.B. (Зевина, Г.Б.) 1969. Новые представители усоногих раков из нижнемеловых отложений Северного Кавказа [New Lower Cretaceous cirripeds from the Northern Caucasus]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal 1969(2): 73–85. (Russian) article pdf Reference page.  [See p. 77]
• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149Reference page.