Pycnolepas batchelorum

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Verrucomorpha

Stem-Group Verrucomorpha
Familiaː Pycnolepadidae
Genus: †Pycnolepas
Species: †Pycnolepas batchelorum

Name

• Pycnolepas batchelorum Gale & Vidovic, 2023: 24
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Cretaceous (upper Aptian): UK
  • Type locality: upper Aptian; Bargate Formation, Littleton, Surrey, UK
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK Pi In 64844; paratypes NHMUK Pi In 64842, 64843, 64845-64850
  • ZooBank: 4B3D6D96-9F20-416D-B1E6-EBE7BA9748EA

References

• 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. 24, original description]