Virgiscalpellum mhrilensis

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 mhrilensis

Name

• Virgiscalpellum mhrilensis Gale, 2020: 261
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; middle Cenomanian, Cunningtoniceras inerme Zone
  • Type locality: Djebel Mhrila, central Tunisia
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK IC 510; paratypes NHMUK IC 508, 1509, 1511, 1512
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 84D668A6-121C-45D4-B231-D624EE740E91

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. 261, original description]

Links

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