Martillepas ovalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pollicipedomorpha
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 Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Pollicipedomorpha

Familia: †Zeugmatolepadidae
Subfamilia: †Martillepadinae
Genus: †Martillepas
†Species: Martillepas ovalis

Name

Martillepas ovalis (Withers, 1928: 95)

• Original genus: Calantica
• Geologic age: Jurassic (Tithonian)
• Type locality: Upper Kimmeridgian, Loke's Pit, Hartwell, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK
• Types: Holotype carina BMNH In.26972; Gales hypotypes NHM IC 1109-1114, 1124
• Distribution: Kimmeridge Clay, pectinatus and pallasioides Zones, England; complete specimens found attached to ammonoid shells
• ZooBank: 043F1ECD-39EB-4964-9D7A-55883C8BE3AE

References

• Gale, A.S. 2014. New cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the United Kingdom. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 125(4): 406–418. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.003 Reference page.  [See p. 416, as Martillepas ovalis]
• Withers, T.H. 1928. Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, I. Triassic and Jurassic. British Museum (Natural History), London, 154 p. Reference page.  [See p. 95, as Calantica (Scillaelepas) ovalis]