Verruca punica

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Verrucomorpha

Familia: Verrucidae
Genus: Verruca
Species: †Verruca punica

Name

Verruca punica Buckeridge & Jagt In Buckeridge, Jagt & Speijer, 2008: 39

• Geological age: Palaeocene (Danian)
• Type locality: El Haria Formation: Sample AFN 601 15 m above the K/Pg boundary in the so-called KS section at El Kef (36N08'57/08E38'39)
• Types: Holotype NHMM 2007 094; paratypes NHMM 2007 095, 2007 096, 2007 097 and 2007 100, and NMV P314992
• Distribution: Known only from type area
• ZooBank: DF8CC3C9-7290-4EB6-8312-F6400B16953B

References

• Buckeridge, J.S., Jagt, J.W.M. & Speijer, R.P. 2008. Verruca punica, a new species of verrucomorph barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the lower Danian (Palaeocene) of Tunisia. Zootaxa 1844: 37–46. Reference page.  [See p. 39, original description, as Verruca punica]

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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. 32]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Verruca punica – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Verruca punica.
• ION
• Verruca punica in the World Register of Marine Species