Brachylepadidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachylepadomorpha
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: Sessilia Subordo: Brachylepadomorpha

Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genera (6†): Brachylepas – Calvatilepas – Crithmumlepas – Epibrachylepas – Fallaxlepas – Parabrachylepas –

Name

• Brachylepadidae Woodward, 1901
  • Type genus: Brachylepas Woodward, 1901
  • Geological rangeː Cretaceous; lower Cenomanian to Maastrichtian
  • ZooBank: 4518B873-F928-4BCA-8078-B25114D48309

References

Primary references

• Woodward, H. 1901. On Pyrgoma cretacea, a Cirripede from the Upper Chalk of Norwich and Margate. Geological magazine 8(4): 145–152, 250, 528. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800178392 BHL Reference page.  [See p. 150, original diagnosis]

Additional references

• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page.  [See p. 44, discussion]
• Gale, A.S. 2014. Origin and phylogeny of verrucomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 753–789. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954409 Reference page.  [some revision and re-assignment; see p. 40, restricted definition]
• Gale, A.S. & Vidovic, S.U. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Balanomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 21(1)ː 2258370. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2258370 Reference page.  Re-assignment as stem-group balanomorphs, revision]