Waiparaconus zelandicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pennatulacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Pennatulacea

Familia: †Waiparaconidae
Genus †Waiparaconus
Species: †Waiparaconus zelandicus

Name

Waiparaconus zelandicus (Withers, 1951): 155

• Original genus: Euscalpellum
• Geological age: Cretaceous (Senonian) to Paleocene; ?Upper Eocene
• Type locality: Upper Senonian, Waipara Gorge, North Canterbury, New Zealand
• Types: Holotype BMNH In.43731; paratypes BMNH In.43732-43757
• Distribution: Austral, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand, South America
• ZooBank: EFB5688A-F2D6-4DD4-BD26-B681705328F5

Synonyms

• Euscalpellum antarcticum Withers, 1951: 157
  • Synonymized in Buckeridge, 1993 as morphotype
  • ZooBank: E2E284E2-27CC-4DB9-92FC-63AAC690B0B7
• Euscalpellum crassissimum Withers, 1951: 161
  • Synonymized in Buckeridge, 1993 as morphotype
  • ZooBank: 97C1DAD9-EBC9-4274-9CB9-7ABDD9C6CAA6

References

• Withers, T.H. 1951: Cretaceous and Eocene peduncles of the cirripede Euscalpellum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology 1(5): 149-164. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 155, original description, as Euscalpellum zelandicum

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• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983: Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, (50) Reference page.  [See p. 116, as Waiparaconus zelandicus, generic re-assignment]
• Buckeridge, J.S. 1993. A re-evaluation of the Gondwanan invertebrate Waiparaconus as a coelenterate. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 16(2): 221–233. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 228, re-assignment to Cnidaria]
• Buckeridge, J.S., Campbell, H.J. & Maurizot, P. 2014. Unravelling the nature of Waiparaconus, a pennatulacean (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Late Mesozoic–Early Cainozoic of the Southern Hemisphere. Integrative zoology 9(2): 111–120. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12060 Reference page.  [placement within Cnidaria]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Waiparaconus zelandicus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Waiparaconus zelandicus.
• ION