Cretiscalpellum homseyi Zullo 1987 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae

Full reference: V. A. Zullo. 1987. Scalpelloid and brachylepadomorph barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the Upper Cretaceous Mt. Laurel Sand, Delaware. Journal of Paleontology 61:333-345

Belongs to Cretiscalpellum according to V. A. Zullo 1987

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

Type specimen: USNM 401556. Its type locality is Biggs Farm, New Castle Co. [Mount Laurel Sand], which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Mount Laurel Sand Formation of Delaware.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Biggs Farm, New Castle Co. [Mount Laurel Sand]

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