Protochelonibia starnesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Coronuloidea

Familia: Chelonibiidae
Subfamilia: †Protochelonibiinae
Genus: †Protochelonibia
Speciesː Protochelonibia starnesi

Name

• Protochelonibia starnesi Perreault, Collareta & Buckeridge, 2022ː 230
  • Geological ageː Oligocene, Rupelian
  • Type localityː MMNS locality MS.77.005, a covered highway cut ~7.5 miles (~12 km) east of Waynesboro, in Wayne County, Mississippi
  • Typusː Holotype MMNS-IP 1289, a left carinolateral 1 or 2
  • Distributionː Holotype only known specimen
  • ZooBank: 4FA2CE44-76A9-4504-B819-0F9EF08B7CCA

References

• Perreault, R.T., Collareta, A. & Buckeridge, J.S. 2022. A new species of the archaic “turtle barnacle” genus Protochelonibia (Coronuloidea, Chelonibiidae) from the upper Rupelian Chickasawhay Formation of Mississippi (U.S.A.). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 305(3)ː 225–235. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2022/1087 Reference page.  [See p. 230, original description]