Virgilepas aboudaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: Virgilepas
Species: Virgilepas aboudaensis

Name

• Virgilepas aboudaensis Gale, 2020: 269
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower Cenomanian
  • Type locality: Marnes d'Ait Lamine, Abouda Plaige roadcut, Agadir, Morocco
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK IC 1517; paratypes NHMUK IC 1514-1516, 1518, 1519
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 346DAA97-E761-4965-8C04-BF61A20DB39A

References

• Gale, A.S. 2020. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 295(3): 243–282. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0886 Reference page.  [See p. 269, original description]

Links

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