Taxonavigation

Scalpelliformes incertae sedis
Genus: †Archaeolepas
Species: †Archaeolepas strobila

Name

Archaeolepas strobila Gerhardt, 1897: 203

• Geological age: Lower Cretaceous (Albian); (Weisbord, 1980)
• Type locality: Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia (5° 09' N, 74° 08' W)
• Types: Lectotype specimen illustrated in Pl. 5, fig. 18, Gerhardt, 1897, housed in Geological Institute of the University of Strasbourg, Germany; selected by Withers, 1935
• Distribution: Known only from type material
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References

• Gerhardt, K., 1897. VI Beiträge zur Kennitss der Kreideformation in Columbien: IN G. Steinmann, Beiträge zur Geologie und Palaeontologie von Südamerika, unter Mitwerkung Fachgenossen herausgegeben. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie Beilage-Band, 11: 118–208: [In German] Hathitrust Reference page.  [See p. 203, original description]; Note: although mentioned elsewhere in article, p. 203 is full description

• Weisbord, N.E. 1980: Fossil Lepadomorph, Brachylepadomorph, and Verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of the Americas. Bulletins of American paleontology 78(311): 113-212. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 128, discussion]

• 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. 76, lectotype designation]