Squama spissa

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
Genus: †Squama
†Species: Squama spissa

Name

Squama spissa Logan, 1897: 187

• Geological age: Cretaceous (Senonian)
• Type locality: Upper Niobrara Group, Ornithostoma Zone, Jewell Co., Kansas, USA
• Types: KU, all known specimens lost; holotype Logan pl. cx, fig. 3, designated by Withers, 1935: 310
• Distribution: Known only from type locality; no specimens have been found subsequent to original
• ZooBank: 1729B6D7-AF3A-45D3-A86E-CBBE41090942

Synonyms

• Squama lata Logan, 1897: 188
• Types: KU, lost
• ZooBank: 08C413EC-680F-4B06-A6BF-A68CB32CFBC0
  • Synonymized by Withers, 1935: 310; also see Hattin, 1977: 799

References

• Hattin, D.E. 1977: Articulated lepadomorph cirripeds from the Upper Cretaceous of Kansas: Family Stramentidae. Journal of paleontology 51(4): 797–825. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 799, for discussion of validity and synonymy]
• Logan, W.N. 1897: Some new cirriped crustaceans from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Kansas University Quarterly Series A 6(4): 187–189. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 187, description]
• Logan, W.N. 1898: The invertebrates of the Benton, Niobrara, and Fort Pierre Groups. IN Williston, S.L., Kansas University Geological Survey, Vol. 4 Paleontology, Pt. I (upper Cretaceous). Part VIII: 431–518. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 500, illustrations]
• 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. 310, synonymy, type designation]