Leweslepas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeolepadomorpha

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: †Archaeolepadomorpha

Familia: †Stramentidae
Subfamilia: †Stramentinae
Genus: †Leweslepas
Species (7†): L. acuminata – L. alekseevi – L. cultellum – L. hauschkei – L. hattini – L. obsoleta – L. wrightorum

Name

• Leweslepas Gale, 2015: 27
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Geological range: Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian to upper Coniacan/lower Santonian)
  • Type species: Leweslepas hattini Gale, 2015, OD
  • ZooBank: 1A64F973-33C4-4115-BCD6-22965CD3DCD3

References

• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149Reference page.  [See p. 27, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. 2024. British Fossil Cirripedia. Part 1. Introduction. Iblomorpha, Eolepadomorpha, Archaeolepadomorpha and Pollicipedomorpha. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 178(668): 1–104. DOI: org/10.1080/02693445.2024.2420447 Reference page.  [See p. 52, discussion, valid species]