Brachylepadidae

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha

Stem group Balanomorpha
Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genera (6†): †Brachylepas – †Calvatilepas – †Crithmumlepas – †Epibrachylepas – †Fallaxlepas – †Parabrachylepas –

Brachylepadidae Woodward, 1901
- Type genus: Brachylepas Woodward, 1901
- Geological rangeː Cretaceous; lower Cenomanian to Maastrichtian
- ZooBank: 4518B873-F928-4BCA-8078-B25114D48309

Woodward, H. 1901. On Pyrgoma cretacea, a Cirripede from the Upper Chalk of Norwich and Margate. Geological magazine 8(4): 145–152, 250, 528. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800178392 BHL Reference page. [See p. 150, original diagnosis]

Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. [See p. 44, discussion]
Gale, A.S. 2014. Origin and phylogeny of verrucomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 753–789. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954409 Reference page. [some revision and re-assignment; see p. 40, restricted definition]
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. Re-assignment as stem-group balanomorphs, revision]