Kathpalmeria georgiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Kathpalmeria
†Species: Kathpalmeria georgiana

Name

• Kathpalmeria georgiana Ross, 1965a: 63
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: late Eocene, southeast US
  • Type locality: Shell bluff Landing, Savannah River, Burke County, Georgia, USA
  • Typus: holotype PRI 6075a, b; paratypes PRI 6076-80, FSM 4000
  • ZooBank: 2F898B7A-6A40-4467-BA3F-3DB5B94686AD

References

• Ross, A. 1965. A new cirriped from the Eocene of Georgia. Quarterly journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 28(1): 59–67. BHLReference page.  [See p. 63, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. 2020. Acorn barnacles (Crustacea, Thoracica, Balanomorpha) from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire (United Kingdom) and Manche, northern France. Acta Geologica Polonica 71(2)ː 153–174. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2020.132263 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 13, discussion]
• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 49]
• Zullo, V.A. & Kite, L.E. 1985. Barnacles of the Jacksonian (upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina Geology, 28: 1-21. Reference page.  [See p. 11, extensive re-description]