Vectibalanus mortoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genusː †Vectibalanus
Species: †Vectibalanus mortoni

Name

• Vectibalanus mortoni Gale, 2021: 19
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Middle Eocene (Bartonian), Hampshire, UK
  • Type locality: middle Eocene, Barton Formation, Highcliffe Member, Barton, Hampshire, UK
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK IC 1913; paratypes NHMUK IC 1908-1912, 1914, 1915
  • ZooBank: 665F5417-EF35-483C-9A14-9878E6D3728C

References

• Gale, A.S. 2020. Acorn barnacles (Crustacea, Thoracica, Balanomorpha) from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire (United Kingdom) and Manche, northern France. Acta Geologica Polonica 71(2)ː 153–174. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2020.132263 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 19, original description]