Stramentum inconstans

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: †Stramentidae
Genus: Stramentum
Species: Stramentum inconstans

Name

Stramentum inconstans Collins, 1986: 126

• Geological age: Cretaceous (lower Turonian)
• Epibionts: Pelagic epibiont on ammonoids
• Type locality: Eze Aku Formation, in road cut on Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway at Lokpanta, southeast Nigeria
• Types: Holotype nearly complete individual, BMNH In.62053; paratypes BMNH In.62054-62061
• Distribution: Nigeria
• ZooBank: 11B75DD5-C16A-4B48-96B3-2A08DBAC9071

References

• Collins, J.S.H. 1986: A new Stramentum (Cirripedia) from the lower Turonian of Nigeria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology, 40(4): 125–131. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 126]
• 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.