Scalpellum paratethyianum Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Full reference: M. Harzhauser and J. Schloegl. 2012. Lepadiform and scalpelliform barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Paratethys Sea. Palaeontology 55(5):923-936

Belongs to Scalpellum according to M. Harzhauser and J. Schloegl 2012

Sister taxa: Scalpellum accumulatum, Scalpellum aduncatum, Scalpellum australe, Scalpellum cyphum, Scalpellum dalpiazi, Scalpellum dissimile, Scalpellum gibbum, Scalpellum lineatum, Scalpellum longissimum, Scalpellum parvulum, Scalpellum pfeifferi, Scalpellum scalpellum, Scalpellum subquadratum

Type specimen: NHMW2010 ⁄0086 ⁄ 0001, an other. Its type locality is Cerova-Lieskove, which is in a Burdigalian deep-water siltstone in the Laksarska Nova Ves Formation of Slovakia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerova-Lieskove

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