Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachylepadomorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Hexanauplia
Subclassis: Thecostraca
Infraclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Sessilia
Subordo: Brachylepadomorpha

Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: †Brachylepas
†Species: Brachylepas americanum

Name

Brachylepas americanum Zullo et al., 1987: 105

  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (Campanian), Arkansas
  • Type locality: Mississippi State University (MSU) locality 659; upper Cretaceous (Campanian) basal gravel of the ?Brownstown formation, in quarry in SE/4, NE/4, sec, 15, T6S, R19W, about 300 m east of old US Highway 67, near Friendship, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA
  • Types: Holotype MSU 3313
  • ZooBank: B9DBCD5B-6078-47D5-952E-64493080759C

References

  • Zullo, V.A.; Russell, E.; Mellen, F.F. 1987: Brachylepas Woodward and Virgiscalpellum Withers (Cirripedia) from the upper Cretaceous of Arkansas. Journal of paleontology 61(1): 101-111. JSTOR Reference page. 
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