Pollicipes Leach 1817 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Parent taxon: Pollicipedidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Buckeridge 1983, Gale 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anelasma, Capitulum

Subtaxa: Pollicipes bronnii Pollicipes conicus Pollicipes costatus Pollicipes cuspidatus Pollicipes elongatus Pollicipes filosus Pollicipes glaber Pollicipes kosticensis Pollicipes nitidum Pollicipes pollicipes Pollicipes striatum Pollicipes vansyoci

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Type: Lepas pollicipes

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (6 collections)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Czechia (15), Germany (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14)

Total: 38 collections including 46 occurrences

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