Eolepas oolitica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phosphatothoracica
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: Phosphatothoracica

Ordine: †Eolepadomorpha
Familia: †Eolepadidae
Genus: †Eolepas
Species: Eolepas oolitica

Original genus: Pollicipes
Geological age: Jurassic (Bathonian)
Type locality: Stonesfield Slate, Eyeford, England
Types: Holotype tergum lost; Darwin's specimens lost; Withers' specimens BMNH
Distribution: Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England
ZooBank: 3D11635C-B6BD-4E60-BEEA-A04FA72DD283

Buckman, J. 1845. Appendix: Descriptions of the new species of fossils named in the foregoing lists: 93–106. In Murchison, R.I. Outline of the Geology of the neighbourhood of Cheltenham (London), 2nd edition. Google Books Reference page. [See p. 95, as Pollicipes ooliticus]

Darwin, C. 1851. A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain. Paleontographical Society, London. 88 pp. BHL Reference page. [See p. 51, as Pollicipes ooliticus]
Gale, A.S. & Schweigert, G. 2015. A new phosphatic-shelled cirripede (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany - the oldest epiplanktonic barnacle. Palaeontology 59(1): 59–70. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12207 Reference page. [See p. 7, species list]
Withers, T.H. 1928. Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, I. Triassic and Jurassic. British Museum (Natural History), London, 154 p. Reference page. [See p. 72, as Eolepas oolitica]