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Archaeobalaninae

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Archaeobalaninae Newman and Ross
1982Archaeobalaninae Zullo p. 6
1984Archaeobalaninae Zullo p. 1316
1985Archaeobalaninae Zullo and Kite p. 11
2021Archaeobalaninae Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
subfamilyArchaeobalaninaeNewman and Ross 1976
subfamilyArchaeobalaninaeNewman and Ross 1976

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Archaeobalaninae Newman and Ross 1976
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G. †Actinobalanus Moroni 1867
G. †Archaeobalanus Menesini 1971
G. Armatobalanus Hoek 1912
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G. Bathybalanus Hoek 1913
G. Chirona Gray 1835
G. Conopea Say 1822
G. †Kathpalmeria Ross 1965
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G. †Lophobalanus Zullo 1984
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Lophobalanus baumi Zullo 1984
Lophobalanus kellumi Zullo and Baum 1979
G. Membranobalanus Pilsbry 1916
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Membranobalanus costatus Zullo and Standing 1983
G. †Notobalanus Newman and Ross 1976
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G. †Palaeobalanus Buckeridge 1983
G. Solidobalanus Hoek 1913
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G. Striatobalanus Hoek 1913
G. †Zullobalanus Buckeridge 1989
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Zullobalanus santamariaensis Buckeridge and Winkelmann 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Grouping: gregariousf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:41:07
Modified: 2008-03-04 09:41:07
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Florida) Kathpalmeria georgiana (120294)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Kathpalmeria georgiana (49882)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Balanus cornwalli (160104 160105 160106 160107)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Kathpalmeria georgiana (160396) Kathpalmeria georgiana, Hesperibalanus huddlestuni (160397 160398 160399 160400)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (New Jersey) Solidobalanus sp. (92770)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Kathpalmeria georgiana (34993)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Lophobalanus baumi (202013 202014)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Solidobalanus kellumi (159941)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Lophobalanus sp. (179354)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (North Carolina) Solidobalanus kellumi (159936 159937 159938 159939 159940)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Hesperibalanus sp. (86499 151325)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) Balanus sookensis (91214)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Solidobalanus sookensis (91623)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Balanus sp. (42624)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand Notobalanus vestitus (146339)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (North Carolina) Lophobalanus baumi (71651)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carlina) Lophobalanus baumi (235446)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) Balanus flosculus (209847)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63French Southern Territories Notobalanus flosculus (41122)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Balanus sp. (42623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Alaska) Chirona alaskana (37337)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Chirona alaskana (37340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Balanus calvertensis (51731)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Chirona alaskana (37338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Zullobalanus santamariaensis (152330)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Balanus hesperius (189542 189549) Balanus proinus (122752 226581)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Taiwan Striatobalanus sp. (206745)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Balanus hesperius (189557 189561 207663 207707)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Chirona evermanni (37342 37343 37344 37345 37346)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Hesperibalanus hesperius (59062)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Balanus flosculus (96672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Chirona hameri (51005)