Virgiscalpellum laevis

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: Virgiscalpellum laevis

Name

• Virgiscalpellum laevis Gale, 2020: 263
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower to upper Campanian
  • Type locality: Cretaceous (upper Campanian); Weybourne Chalk, Keswick, Norwich, UK
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK IC 489; paratypes NHMUK IC 488, 490-492
  • Distribution: Norfolk and Sussex, UK
  • ZooBank: 4897A5E0-E7A3-4014-8A62-883023B4CD00

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. 263, original description]

Links

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