Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Parent taxon: Pycnolepadidae according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
See also Carriol and Collins 2000, Chan et al. 2021, Collins 1980, Jagt et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Faxelepas, Pedupycnolepas
Subtaxa: Pycnolepas batchelorum Pycnolepas fimbriata Pycnolepas industriosa Pycnolepas orientalis Pycnolepas rigida Pycnolepas scalaris Pycnolepas tithonica
Type: Pollicipes rigidus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), France (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (25)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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