Metaloriculina stramentoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeolepadomorpha

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: †Archaeolepadomorpha

Familia: †Stramentidae
Subfamilia: †Loriculinae
Genus: †Metaloriculina
Species: Metaloriculina stramentoides

Name

Metaloriculina stramentoides Gale, 2015: 21

• Geological age: Cretaceous (lower Coniacan)
• Epibiont: found on ammonoid Peroniceras tridorsatum
• Type locality: Cretaceous, lower Coniacian, Yellow Limestone Member, Carranza Quarry, Coahuila, Mexico. CPC-159, on ammonoid
• Types: Holotype figured by Ifrim et al., 2011 fig. 5/4
• ZooBank

References

• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149Reference page. 
• Ifrim, C., Vega, F.J. & Stinnesbeck, W. 2011. Epizoic stramentid cirripedes on ammonites from Late Cretaceous platy limestones in Mexico. Journal of Paleontology, 85(3): 524–536. JSTORReference page.