Toarcolepas mutans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Toarcolepas mutans Gale & Schweigert, 2016: 65

Symbiont: epiplanktonic epibiont associated with driftwood
Geological age: lower Jurassic (Toarcian)
Type locality: Unterer Stein, Toarcian, falciferum Zone, Zell u. Aichelberg, Germany
Types: Holotype paired terga SMNS 26029/1; paratypes SMNS 26029/2, 26029/3
Distribution: known only from type area
ZooBank

Gale, A.S. & Schweigert, G. 2015. A new phosphatic-shelled cirripede (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany - the oldest epiplanktonic barnacle. Palaeontology 59(1): 59–70. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12207 Reference page.

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