Family Verrucidae Darwin 1854 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Verrucidae

Parent taxon: Verrucomorpha according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023

See also Buckeridge 1983, Chan et al. 2021, Chan et al. 2010, Jones 2007 and Zullo and Baum 1979

Sister taxa: Eoverrucidae, Pycnolepadidae

Subtaxa: Altiverruca Brochiverruca Cameraverruca Costatoverruca Cristallinaverruca Gibbosaverruca Metaverruca Newmaniverruca Priscoverruca Rostratoverruca Verruca Youngiverruca

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Iceland (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (3), Poland (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Washington)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (2), New Zealand (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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