Taxonavigation

Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: †Brachylepas
†Species: Brachylepas cretacea

Name

Brachylepas cretacea (Woodward, 1865: 321)

• Original genus: Pyrgoma
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: Cretaceous (Senonian), England
• Type locality: Upper Chalk, Norwich, England
• Types: BMNH I 14029
• ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2489A24D-C74E-499A-8CF5-100A28BA43D9

References

• Newman, W.A. 1987. Evolution of cirripeds and their major groups. Pp 3–42 In A.J. Southward (ed.) Barnacle Biology. Crustacean issues, 5. GoogleBooks Reference page.  (considers species valid)

• Withers, T.H. 1912: The cirripede Brachylepas cretacea, H. Woodward, (pt. 1). Geological magazine, decade V 9(7): 321-326. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 321, as Brachylepas cretacea] (Note: This and next reference consider B. cretacea as junior synonym of Brachylepas naissanti)

• Withers, T.H. 1912: The cirripede Brachylepas cretacea, H. Woodward, pt. 2. Geological magazine 9(8): 353-359. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 353]

• Woodward, H. 1865. First report on the structure and classification of the fossil Crustacea. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 35th Meeting, Birmingham: 320–322. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 321, as Pyrgoma cretacea] (name only, no description: Note; this journal is in form of papers presented orally before annual meetings)

• Woodward, H. 1868. Contributions to British fossil crustacea. Geological magazine, Decade 1, 5(46): 258–261. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 258, as Pyrgoma cretacea] (full original description and illustration)