Superfamily Scalpelloidea Pilsbry 1907 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha

Parent taxon: Scalpellomorpha according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Lepadoidea, Neolepadoidea

Subtaxa: Proverrucidae Scalpellidae

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Type: Scalpellum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Portugal (1 collection)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Germany (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Austria (1), Hungary (1), United States (3: South Carolina, Washington)

• Eocene of Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (1), United States (3: Alabama, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Belgium (5), Czechia (13), France (4), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (8), the Netherlands (1), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (46), United States (46: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 158 collections including 241 occurrences

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