Virgiscalpellum sussexiense

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 sussexiense

Name

• Virgiscalpellum sussexiense Gale, 2020: 265
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower Coniacian
  • Type locality: 2 m above East Cliff Marl 2, Birling Gap, Sussex, UK
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK IC 487
  • Distribution: Known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: 5E4AC8CB-4C60-4F24-9326-3961D54CB9B1

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. 265, original description]

Links

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