Brachylepas americanum

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
Genus: †Brachylepas
†Species: Brachylepas americanum

Name

• Brachylepas americanum Zullo, Russell & Mellen, 1987: 105
  • Original status: valid species
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous (Campanian), Arkansas; Known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Mississippi State University (MSU) locality 659; upper Cretaceous (Campanian) basal gravel of the ?Brownstown formation, in quarry in SE/4, NE/4, sec, 15, T6S, R19W, about 300 m east of old US Highway 67, near Friendship, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA
  • Types: Holotype MSU 3313; Paratypes MSU 3314-3323
  • ZooBank: B9DBCD5B-6078-47D5-952E-64493080759C}}

References

• Zullo, V.A.; Russell, E.; Mellen, F.F. 1987: Brachylepas Woodward and Virgiscalpellum Withers (Cirripedia) from the upper Cretaceous of Arkansas. Journal of paleontology 61(1): 101-111. JSTOR Reference page. 

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• 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. 44, discussion]