Jagtscalpellum gaultinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calanticomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Calanticomorpha

Familia: †Cretiscalpellidae
Genus: †Jagtscalpellum
Species: Jagtscalpellum gaultinum

Name

• Jagtscalpellum gaultinum (Withers, 1935: 264
  • Original genus: Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum)
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous: upper Albian to lower Cenomanian, Kent, Cambridgeshire, UK
  • Type locality: Upper Albian Gault Clay Formation, Bed XIII, Burham, Kent, UK
  • Typus: Holotype BMNH In.30855; cannot be located (Gale, 2025)
  • ZooBank: 91D971CD-5900-4045-BCE0-29784A506E88

References

• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 264, original description as Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) gaultinum]

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• Collins, J.S.H. 1974: Recent advances in the knowledge of Gault Cirripedia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 85(3): 377–385. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(74)80004-0 Reference page.  [See p. 387, misidentified as Arcoscalpellum striatum]
• Gale, A.S. 2025. British Fossil Cirripedia. Part 2. Calanticomorpha, Scalpellomorpha. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 179(671): 105–193. DOI: 10.1080/0269345.2025.2494375 Reference page.  [See p. 116, as Jagtscalpellum gaultinum, generic re-asssignment]