Myolepas solida

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 Superordo: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Archaeolepadomorpha

Familia: †Myolepadidae
Genus: Myolepas
Species: †Brachylepas solida

Name

• Myolepas solida (Zullo, 1987): 342
  • Original genus: Brachylepas
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
  • Type locality: Mt Laurel Sand, Biggs Farm, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
  • Typus: Holotype USNM 401593; paratypes USNM 401594, 401595
  • Distribution: known only from type locality
  • ZooBank: CBD39BFE-A6FE-43AE-9AC5-2285052C1733

References

• Zullo, V.A. 1987. Scalpelloid and brachylepadomorph barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the upper Cretaceous Mt. Laurel Sand, Delaware. Journal of Paleontology 61(2): 333–345. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 342, as Brachylepas solida, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2015. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from a Campanian rocky shoreline at Ivö Klack, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 54: 212–242. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.004 Reference page.  [See p. 218, as Myolepas solida, generic re-assognment]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Myolepas solida – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Myolepas solida.
• ION
• Myolepas solida in the World Register of Marine Species