†Jaegerscalpellum elegans Gale 2019 (barnacle)
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Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
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 Jaegerscalpellum according to A. Gale 2019
Sister taxa: Jaegerscalpellum comptum, Jaegerscalpellum politum
Type specimen: NHMUK IC 1383. Its type locality is Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover, which is in a Hauterivian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover
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