Clade Calamida Gale 2019 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Thoracica

Full reference: A. Gale. 2019. Stalked barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK; palaeoecology and bearing on the evolution of living forms. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130:355-365

Parent taxon: Thoracicalcarea according to A. Gale 2019

Sister taxa: Archaeolepadomorpha, Balanomorpha, Calanticomorpha, Pollicipomorpha, Scalpellomorpha, Sessilia, Unilatera, Verrucomorpha

Subtaxa: Lepadomorpha

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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