Eolepas rhaetica

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 rhaetica

Name

• Eolepas rhaetica (Moore, 1861): 512
  • Original genus: Pollicipes
  • Geolographic and stratigraphic distribution: Triassic (Rhaetian), Somerset, England
  • Type locality: Hapsford Mills, Vallis Vale, near Frome, Somerset, England
  • Typus: Holotype fragmentary left tergum, Charles Moore Collection, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution BRLSI M 0058
  • ZooBank: 5CBF5697-5504-4279-B5F7-A1180C65E924

References

• Moore, C. 1861. On the zones of the Lower Lias and the Avicula contorta Zone. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 17: 483–516. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 512, as Pollicipes rhaeticus]

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• 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, list of species]
• 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. 66, as Eolepas rhaetica, generic re-assignment]