Epibrachylepas smeetsi

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: †Epibrachylepas
Species: Epibrachylepas smeetsi

Name

• Epibrachylepas smeetsi (Bosquet, 1857): 28
  • Original genus: Mitella
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); Known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Between Vilt and Sibbe, Limbourg, Holland
  • Types: Lectotype (Pl 3, fig. 11a-c), Smeets Collection, present location unknown
  • ZooBank: AD314FA6-86E9-49B8-AE6A-55D191343850

References

• Bosquet, J.A.H. 1857. Notice sur quelques Cirripèdes récemment découverts dans le Terrain Crétacé du Duché de Limbourg. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen uitgegeven door de Hollandsche Maatschappij voor Wetenschappen te Haarlem, 2(13): 1–36. Reference page.  [See p. 28, as Mitella smeetsi, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2014. Origin of the balanomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica): new evidence from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Sweden. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 781–824. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954824 Reference page.  [See p. 20, as Epibrachylepas smeetsi, generic reassignment]
• 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. 50, discussion]
• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 336, as Proverruca smeetsi, generic reassignment]