Faxelepas ignabergensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucomorpha
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 Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Verrucomorpha

Stem-Group Verrucomorpha
Familiaː Pycnolepadidae
Genus: †Faxelepas
†Species: Faxelepas ignabergensis

Name

• Faxelepas ignabergensis Carlsson, 1953: 23
  • Original genusː Pycnolepas
  • Geological age: Cretaceous, uppermost lower Campanian, Belemnellocamax mammillatus Zone
  • Type locality: Ignaberga, Skåne (southern Sweden)
  • Types: Holotype left scutum, SMNH Ar. 8742
  • Distribution: Known only from type locality
  • ZooBank: 3CB2DE56-7D99-4DB7-AF82-6EB85A3C7DFF

References

• Carlsson, J.-G. 1953: The Cretaceous cirripedes of Sweden. Lunds Universitet Års-skrift new series, 2(49): 1–39. Reference page.  [See p. 23, original description as Pycnolepas ignabergensis]

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• 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.  [See p. 28, generic re-assignment
• Jagt, J.W.M., Zonova, T.D. & Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1545: 33–47. Reference page.  [See p. 39]