Virgiscalpellum gabbi apertus

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: †Virgiscalpellum
Species: †V. gabbi
Subspecies: †Virgiscalpellum gabbi apertus

Name

• Virgiscalpellum gabbi apertus Collins IN Collins & Mellen, 1973: 378
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
  • Type locality: Catalpa Creek, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
  • Types: Holotype BMNH In.64478; paratypes BMNH In.64488; MSU 1338, 1417-1423
  • Distribution: Ripley and lower Prairie Bluff Formations, Mississippi, USA
  • ZooBank: E6369CFE-FA08-446E-BE47-8DA7209865EE

References

• Collins, J.S.H. & Mellen, F. 1973. Cirripedes from the upper Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi, Eastern Gulf Region, US. Part I. Paleontology. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology, 23(6): 349–380. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 378, original description]

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• Weisbord, N.E. 1980. Fossil Lepadomorph, Brachylepadomorph, and Verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of the Americas. Bulletins of American paleontology 78(311): 113–212. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 162]