Euscalpellum wheeleri

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 wheeleri

Name

• Euscalpellum wheeleri Zullo & Katuna in Zullo, Katuna & Herridge, 1992: 61
  • Geological age: Oligocene (Rupelian)
  • Type locality: Cooper Group, Ashley Formation (Rupelian), Charleston County, South Carolina (32.8°N, 80.1°W: paleocoordinates 32.7°N, 73.5°W)
  • Types: Holotype USNM PAL 444306
  • Distribution: Known only from type locality and holotype specimen
  • ZooBank: B1182909-F727-4BF4-B9C8-F4F3B8F652D9

References

• Zullo, V.A., Katuna, M.P. & Herridge, K.C. 1992. Scapellomorph and balanomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) from the upper Oligocene Ashley Formation, Charleston County, South Carolina. South Carolina Geology 34(1 & 2): 57-67. Reference page. 

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