Euscalpellum latunculus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Euscalpellum latunculus Cheetham, 1963: 399

Geological age: Upper Eocene (Priabonian)
Type locality: Yazoo Formation, Shubuta Member; marly zone about 35' above water level, Shubuta bridge, Chickasawhay River, Clarke County, Mississippi
Types: Holotype LSUMG 7192; paratypes LSUMG 7193-7200
Distribution: Reported only from type area
ZooBank: 4D700BD4-57D2-47D9-9430-8F9AC4F4F8D9

Cheetham, A. 1963. Gooseneck Barnacles in the Gulf Coast Tertiary. Journal of Paleontology 37(2): 393–400. JSTOR Reference page. [See p. 399, original description]

Weisbord, N.E. 1980. Fossil Lepadomorph, Brachylepadomorph, and Verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of the Americas. Bulletins of American paleontology 78(311): 113–212. BHL Reference page. [See p. 160, discussion]
Zullo, V.A. 1984. Cirriped assemblage zones of the Eocene Claibornian Jacksonian Stages, southeastern Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, 47: 167–193. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(84)90086-5 abstract Reference page. [See p. 173, 189]
Zullo, V.A. & Baum, G.R. 1979: Paleogene barnacles from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Southeastern Geology, 20: 229-246. Reference page. [See p. 236]