Virgilepas hancocki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: Virgilepas
Species: Virgilepas hancocki

Name

• Virgislepas hancocki Gale, 2020: 271
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; upper Campanian
  • Type locality: Weybourne Chalk, Keswick, Norwich, UK
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK IC 1496; paratypes NHMUK IC 1495, 1501
  • Distribution: Reported from type locality
  • ZooBank: 4E457105-15CC-462D-AEB6-AD546160AF89

References

• Gale, A.S. 2020. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 295(3): 243–282. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0886 Reference page.  [See p. 271, original description]

Links

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