Zeugmatolepas Withers 1913 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Zeugmatolepadidae

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1913. Cirripedes from the Cenomanian Chalk Marl of Cambridge. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 83:937-948

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

See also Buckeridge 1983, Gale 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aporolepas, Tetrinus, Texaslepas

Subtaxa: Zeugmatolepas australis Zeugmatolepas cretae Zeugmatolepas georgiensis Zeugmatolepas mockleri

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Type: Zeugmatolepas mockleri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Poland (6), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (2: North Carolina)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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