Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Brachylepadidae
Parent taxon: Balanomorpha according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
See also Carriol and Collins 2000, Chan et al. 2021, Collins 1980, Cornwall 1927, Gale 2019 and Jagt et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Balanoidea, Chthamaloidea, Coronuloidea, Elminoidea, Neobalanomorpha, Pachydiadematoidea
Subtaxa: Brachylepas Calvatilepas Crithmumlepas Epibrachylepas Fallaxlepas Parabrachylepas
Type: Brachylepas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Kazakhstan (15), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (1), Ukraine (35), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Arkansas, Mississippi)
Total: 69 collections including 74 occurrences