Lophobalanus

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Lophobalanus
Species (3†): †L. baumi – †L. fresvillensis – †L. kellumi

Name

• Lophobalanus Zullo, 1984: 1316
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Geological rangeː middle Eocene to lower Miocene
  • Type species:: Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi Zullo; Baum, 1979: 240, by original designation
  • ZooBank: 1A73CB7B-3E14-4601-A920-3CB174D4A52F

References

• Zullo, V.A. 1984: New genera and species of balanoid barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of North Carolina. Journal of paleontology 58(5): 1312-1338. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 1316]

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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. 165, discussion]