Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin 1854 (barnacle)
Parent taxon: Balanomorpha according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Gale 2014 and McLaughlin et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Balanoidea, Brachylepadidae, Coronuloidea, Elminoidea, Neobalanomorpha, Pachydiadematoidea
Subtaxa: Catophragmidae Chthamalidae Pachylasmatidae Waikalasmatidae
Type: Chthamalus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence