Pachydiadema cretaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanomorpha
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

Superfamilia: †Pachydiadematoidea
Genus: †Pachydiadematidae
Genus: †Pachydiadema
Species: †Pachydiadema cretaceum

Name

• Pachydiadema cretaceum (Withers, 1935: 390)
  • Original genus: Catophragmus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (upper Senonian)
  • Type locality: Ifo, Sweden
  • Typus: Holotype BMNH In.29260; paratypes BMNH In. 29261-29383
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: C5C56AB5-BBA7-4D33-A7C5-AD99A3DBD988

References

• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 390, as Catophragmus (Pachydiadema) cretaceum]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2014. Origin of the balanomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica): new evidence from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Sweden. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 781–824. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954824 Reference page.  [See p. 26, redescription, relationship within Balanomorpha, ecology]
• 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. 40, as Pachydiadema cretaceum]