Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Parent taxon: Balanidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Zullo 1982, Zullo 1984 and Zullo and Kite 1985
Sister taxa: Acastinae, Amphibalaninae, Balaninae, Bryozobiinae, Cetolepas, Concavinae, Creusiinae, Emersoninae, Hexacreusiinae, Megabalaninae, Semibalaninae, Wanellinae
Subtaxa: Actinobalanus Archaeobalanus Armatobalanus Bathybalanus Chirona Conopea Hesperibalanus Kathpalmeria Lophobalanus Membranobalanus Notobalanus Palaeobalanus Solidobalanus Striatobalanus Zullobalanus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Chile (1), United States (10: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1), United States (4: California)
• Miocene of French Southern Territories (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), United States (5: Alaska, Maryland, North Carlina)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (10: Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (16: Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
Total: 55 collections including 59 occurrences