Virgiscalpellum gabbi gabbi

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 gabbi

Name

• Virgiscalpellum gabbi (Pilsbry, 1933): 284
  • Original genus: Scalpellum
  • Original status: nominate subspecies
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (upper Senonian to Maastrichtian)
  • Type locality: Coon Creek Formation, Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee
  • Types: Holotype carina, USNM 73114
  • Distribution: Ripley Formation (Senonian), Prairie Bluff Formation (Maastrichtian), Mississippi, Tennessee, USA
  • ZooBank: E7A6FA1E-CE7F-4A1F-BB50-B61501E373B0

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1933. An unusual Cretaceous Cirriped. Science 78(1994): 283–284. DOI: 10.1126/science.77.1994.283.a Reference page.  [See p. 284, as Scalpellum gabbi]

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• 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. 377, as Virgiscalpellum gabbi gabbi] (recapitulation of species as at 1973)
• 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. 163, as Virgiscalpellum gabbi gabbi]