Taxonavigation

Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: †Pycnolepas
†Species: Pycnolepas rigida

Name

Pycnolepas rigida (J de C Sowerby, 1836: 335)

• Original genus: Pollicipes
• Geological age: Cretaceous, lower Albian to middle Cenomanian
• Type locality: Folkestone, SE ENGLAND, Gault beds
• Types: Lectotype, scutum illustrated in Sowerby, 1836 (Withers, 1914: 171); apparently lost
• Distribution: England, France
• ZooBank: 785B4458-C86A-4C6E-AFF1-FCE9FC72B643

References

• Jagt, J.W.M., Zonova, T.D. & Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1545: 33–47. Reference page.  [See p. 36, as Pycnolepas rigida]

• Sowerby, J.C. 1836. Descriptive notes respecting the shells figured in Plates XI–XXIII Appendix A: 335–348. In: Fitton, W.H. Observations on some of the strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Oolite in the south-east of England. Transactions of the Geological Society of London ser. 2, 4: 103–389. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 335, as Pollicipes rigidus]

• Withers, T.H. 1914: Some Cretaceous and Tertiary cirripedes referred to Pollicipes. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 8 14(80): 167-206. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 170, as Pycnolepas rigidus]