Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Brachylepadidae
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 Brachylepas according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
See also Collins 1973
Sister taxa: Brachylepas americana, Brachylepas guascoi, Brachylepas hantonensis, Brachylepas naissanti, Brachylepas thieli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barr Pasture, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Barr Pasture
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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