Waiparaconus zelandicus
(Redirected from Euscalpellum antarcticum)
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Pennatulacea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Waiparaconidae
Genus †Waiparaconus
Species: †Waiparaconus zelandicus
Name
editWaiparaconus zelandicus (Withers, 1951): 155
- Original genus: Euscalpellum
- Geological age: Cretaceous (Senonian) to Paleocene; ?Upper Eocene
- Type locality: Upper Senonian, Waipara Gorge, North Canterbury, New Zealand
- Types: Holotype BMNH In.43731; paratypes BMNH In.43732-43757
- Distribution: Austral, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand, South America
- ZooBank: EFB5688A-F2D6-4DD4-BD26-B681705328F5
Synonyms
edit- Euscalpellum antarcticum Withers, 1951: 157
- Synonymized in Buckeridge, 1993 as morphotype
- ZooBank: E2E284E2-27CC-4DB9-92FC-63AAC690B0B7
- Euscalpellum crassissimum Withers, 1951: 161
- Synonymized in Buckeridge, 1993 as morphotype
- ZooBank: 97C1DAD9-EBC9-4274-9CB9-7ABDD9C6CAA6
References
edit- Withers, T.H. 1951: Cretaceous and Eocene peduncles of the cirripede Euscalpellum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology 1(5): 149-164. BHL Reference page. [See p. 155, original description, as Euscalpellum zelandicum
- Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page. [See p. 116, as Waiparaconus zelandicus, generic re-assignment]
- Buckeridge, J.S. 1993. A re-evaluation of the Gondwanan invertebrate Waiparaconus as a coelenterate. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 16(2): 221–233. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 228, re-assignment to Cnidaria]
- Buckeridge, J.S., Campbell, H.J. & Maurizot, P. 2014. Unravelling the nature of Waiparaconus, a pennatulacean (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Late Mesozoic–Early Cainozoic of the Southern Hemisphere. Integrative zoology 9(2): 111–120. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12060 Reference page. [placement within Cnidaria]
Links
edit- BHL bibliography
- Waiparaconus zelandicus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Waiparaconus zelandicus.
- ION