Euscalpellum meridianum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calanticomorpha

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 Ordine: Calanticomorpha

Familia: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Calanticinae
Genus: Euscalpellum
Species: †Euscalpellum meridianum

Name

Euscalpellum meridianum (Chapman & Crespin, 1928): 131

• Original genus: Scalpellum
• Geological age: Middle Miocene (Balcombian)
• Type locality: Sorrento Bore, Morningtown, Victoria, Australia
• Types: Holotype Museum Victoria, NMV P14082
• Distribution: Victoria, Australia
• ZooBank: B4A8D29A-74CD-4C73-855E-571AD6BDAEEC

References

• Chapman, F. & Crespin, I. 1928. The Sorrento Bore, Morningtown Peninsula. With a description of new or little-known fossils. Records of the Geological Survey of Victoria, 5: 1–195. Reference page.  [See p. 131, original description as Scalpellum (? Arcoscalpellum) meridianum]

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• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page. 
• Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page.  [See p. 193, as Euscalpellum meridianum, generic reassignment and discussion]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Euscalpellum meridianum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Euscalpellum meridianum.
• ION