Full reference: B. K. K. Chan, N. Dreyer, A. S. Gale, H. Glenner, C. Ewers-Saucedo, M. Pérez-Losada, G. A. Kolbasov, K. A. Crandall, and J. T. Høeg. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193:789-846
Parent taxon: Thoracicalcarea according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Archaeolepadomorpha, Balanomorpha, Calamida, Pollicipomorpha, Scalpellomorpha, Sessilia, Unilatera, Verrucomorpha
Subtaxa: Calanticidae Cretiscalpellidae Pachyscalpellum Titanolepadidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Switzerland (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (9), Belgium (5), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), Czechia (9), France (11), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (17), New Zealand (2), Poland (2), Sweden (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (37), United States (18: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 136 collections including 161 occurrences