Brachylepas angulosa

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 angulosa

Name

• Brachylepas angulosa Collins in Collins & Mellen, 1973: 380
  • Original status: valid species
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Mississippi, USA; Known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Ripley Formation; Barr Pasture, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
  • Types: Holotype BMNH In.64479
  • ZooBank: D0AF2289-5F60-44A3-913B-4D3282E6523F}}

References

• Collins, J.S.H. & Mellen, F. 1973. Cirripedes from the upper Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi, Eastern Gulf Region, US. Part I. Paleontology. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology, 23(6): 349–380. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 380, original description]

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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]