Brachylepas hantonensis

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 hantonensis

Name

• Brachylepas hantonensis Gale, 2020: 275
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous; upper Turonian, Plesiocorys planus Zone; Known only from holotype specimen
  • Type locality: Lewes Chalk, Froxfield, Hampshire, England
  • Typus: Holotype carina NHMUK IC 1575
  • ZooBank: A0F7F639-C133-4977-9E6D-951FB238C2D6

References

• Gale, A.S. 2020. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 295(3): 243–282. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0886 Reference page.  [See p. 275, 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]