Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Archaeolepadidae
Full reference: K. A. Zittel. 1885. Bemerkungen über einige fossile Lepaditen aus dem lithographischen Schiefer und der oberen Kreide. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der K.B. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 14:577-589
Parent taxon: Archaeolepadidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Buckeridge 1983, Gale 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Loriolepas
Subtaxa: Archaeolepas quenstedti Archaeolepas redtenbacheri Archaeolepas royeri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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