Family Pollicipedidae Gruvel 1905 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

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

See also Gale 2015 and Jones 2007

Sister taxa: Lithotryidae, Zeugmatolepadidae

Subtaxa: Capitulum Pollicipes

View classification

Type: Pollicipes

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (6 collections)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14)

Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences

Show more details