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Cetolepas hertleini

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Taxonomy
Cetolepas hertleini was named by Zullo (1969). Its type specimen is LACM 1230 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305, K Ranch, which is in a Piacenzian coastal siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California. It is the type species of Cetolepas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cetolepas hertleini Zullo pp. 17 - 21 figs. Figs. 47-72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
genusCetolepas
specieshertleini

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.

Cetolepas hertleini Zullo 1969
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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: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cetolepas hertleini (type locality: 122752 226581)