Virgiscalpellum marysensis

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: †Virgiscalpellum
Species: Virgiscalpellum marysensis

Name

• Virgiscalpellum marysensis Gale, 2020: 9
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; middle Albian
  • Type locality: Lower Goodland Formation, basal Marys Creek Member, Marys Creek, Tarrant County, Texas, 32°43'15.63"N, 97°30'39.21"W
  • Typus: Holotype tergum NHMUK IC 1638; paratypes NHMUK IC 1637, 1639
  • Distribution: Tarrant County Texas
  • ZooBank: 143260D4-9AB9-48AF-B852-7ABF554071DD

References

• Gale, A.S. 2020. Cirripedes (Thoracica, Crustacea) from the Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian) of Texas and Oklahoma, USA. Cretaceous Research 115: 104556. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104556 Reference page.