†Martillepas auriculum Gale 2019 (barnacle)
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Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Zeugmatolepadidae
Full reference: A. Gale. 2019. Thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of Hannover, northern Germany. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130:659-672
Belongs to Martillepas according to A. Gale 2019
Sister taxa: Martillepas decoratus, Martillepas hausmanni
Type specimen: NHMUK IC 1375. Its type locality is Resse clay pit (uppermost 3 m), which is in a Hauterivian marine claystone in Germany.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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