Ivoelepas withersi

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: †Titanolepadidae
Genus: †Ivoelepas
Species: Ivoelepas withersi

Name

• Ivoelepas withersi (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951): 206
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian); known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Tortuga Formation Paita Beds, La Tortuga, about 21 km SW of Paita, Paita Peninsula, northern Peru
  • Types: Holotype scutum, ANSP 18939
  • ZooBank: 1DD13063-7019-4559-8CFC-2A6E1ED6C558

References

Primary references

• Pilsbry, H.A. & Olsson, A.A. 1951. Tertiary and Cretaceous Cirripedia from Northwestern South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 103: 197–210 Reference page.  [See p. 206, original description as Zeugmatolepas withersi]

Additional references

• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2015. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from a Campanian rocky shoreline at Ivö Klack, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 54: 212–242. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.004 Reference page.  [See p. 224, as Ivoelepas withersi, generic re-assignment]
• Weisbord, N.E. 1980. Fossil Lepadomorph, Brachylepadomorph, and Verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of the Americas. Bulletins of American paleontology 78(311): 113–212. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 169, discussion, locality clarification]