Virgiscalpellum gabbi heintzi

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: †Virgiscalpellum
Species: Virgiscalpellum gabbi
Subspecies: Virgiscalpellum gabbi heintzi

Name

• Virgiscalpellum gabbi heintzi Zullo, 1987: 339
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower Maastrichtian
  • Type locality: Mt Laurel Sand, Biggs Farm, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
  • Types: Holotype USNM 401574
  • Distribution: reported only from type area
  • ZooBank: 24C0D048-23B1-49C8-8897-DF09A4A22BD2

References

• Zullo, V.A. 1987. Scalpelloid and brachylepadomorph barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the upper Cretaceous Mt. Laurel Sand, Delaware. Journal of Paleontology 61(2): 333–345. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 339]