Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Full reference: A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Brachylepadomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(2258370)
Belongs to Pycnolepas according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
Sister taxa: Pycnolepas fimbriata, Pycnolepas industriosa, Pycnolepas orientalis, Pycnolepas rigida, Pycnolepas scalaris, Pycnolepas tithonica
Type specimen: NHMUK PI In 64844, an other (tergum). Its type locality is Littleton, Guildford, which is in an Aptian marine siliciclastic in the Bargate Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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