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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