Taxonavigation

Scalpelliformes incertae sedis
Genus: †Loriolepas
Species: †Loriolepas decora

Name

Loriolepas decora (Harbort, 1905: 22)

• Original genus: Archaeolepas
• Geological age: Lower Cretaceous (lower Neocomian, lower Valingian)
• Type locality: Musingen, Bückeburg, Germany
• Types: Lectotype, specimen illustrated in Harbort, 1905 {pl. 1, fig. 3), selected by Withers, 1935: 77
• Distribution: Known only from type area
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References

• Harbort, E. 1905. Die Fauna der Schaumburg-Lippe’schen Kreidemulde. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, Heft 45: 1–112. Hathitrust Reference page.  [See p. 22, original description, as Archaeolepas decora]

• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149 Reference page.  [See p. 664, as Loriolepas decora]], generic reassignment]

• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 77, lectotype designation and discussion]