Cretiscalpellum macrum Collins 1973 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins. 1973. Cirripedes from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi, Eastern Gulf Region, USA. Part 1. Palaeontology. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 23(6):349-380

Belongs to Cretiscalpellum according to J. S. H. Collins 1973

Sister taxa: Cretiscalpellum billaulti, Cretiscalpellum glabrum, Cretiscalpellum harnedi, Cretiscalpellum homseyi, Cretiscalpellum imbricatum, Cretiscalpellum matrioni, Cretiscalpellum mutterlosei, Cretiscalpellum naidini, Cretiscalpellum obtusum, Cretiscalpellum sharapovi, Cretiscalpellum striatum, Cretiscalpellum unguis, Cretiscalpellum vallum, Cretiscalpellum venustum, Scalpellum (Cretiscalpellum) bronni

Type specimen: BMNH In.64414. Its type locality is Northeast of the Church, 3 miles east of West Greene , which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (6: Alabama collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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