Eolepas rhomboidalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phosphatothoracica
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: Phosphatothoracica

Ordine: †Eolepadomorpha
Familia: †Eolepadidae
Genus: †Eolepas
Species: Eolepas rhomboidalis

Name

• Eolepas rhomboidalis (Moore, 1867): 539
  • Original genus: Pollicipes
  • Geological age: Jurassic (lower Lias), Hettangian
  • Type locality: Sutton Stone, Shepton Mallet, Somerset ENGLAND
  • Types: Lectotype right tergum, BRLSI M0621
  • Distribution: Jurassic, Somerset, England
  • ZooBank: DF874E2C-0AEE-4C88-8A1A-A99018C811B9

References

• Moore, C. 1867. On abnormal conditions of secondary deposits when connected with the Somersetshire and South Wales Coal Basin; and on the age of the Sutton and Southerndown Series. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23: 449–566. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 539, as Pollicipes rhomboidalis]

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• Gale, A.S. & Schweigert, G. 2015. A new phosphatic-shelled cirripede (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany - the oldest epiplanktonic barnacle. Palaeontology 59(1): 59–70. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12207 Reference page.  [See p. 7, list of species]
• Withers, T.H. 1928. Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, I. Triassic and Jurassic. British Museum (Natural History), London, 154 p. Reference page.  [See p. 69, as Eolepas rhomboidalis]