Pedupycnolepas articulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucomorpha
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: Verrucomorpha

Stem-Group Verrucomorpha
Familiaː Pycnolepadidae
Genusː †Pedupycnolepas
Species: Pedupycnolepas articulata

Name

• Pedupycnolepas articulata (Collins, 1980): 22
  • Original genus: Pycnolepas
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (?Lower Aptian)
  • Type locality: Northern Hyperion Nunataks, south-eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica
  • Types: Holotype BAS KG1657.8b; paratypes BAS KG1657.8a, 1657.8c
  • Distribution: Known only from type locality
  • ZooBank: 93970DCE-22B9-4A74-A864-2EE41B5F11E3

References

• Collins, J.S.H. 1980: A new Pycnolepas (Cirripedia) from the (?)Lower Aptian of Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 50: 21–26. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 22, original description as Pycnolepas articulata]

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• Gale, A.S. 2014. Origin and phylogeny of verrucomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 753–789. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954409 Reference page.  [See p. 23, generic re-assignment as Pedupycnolepas articulata]
• Gale, A.S. 2019. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Portland and Purbeck Groups (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Dorset, United Kingdom. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131(3–4): 260–265. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.05.001 Reference page.  [See p. 23, discussion]
• Gale, A.S. & Vidovic, S.U. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Balanomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 21(1)ː 2258370. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2258370 Reference page.  [See p. 19, discussion]
• Jagt, J.W.M., Zonova, T.D. & Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1545: 33–47. Reference page.  [See p. 36]