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Archaeolepas

Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Archaeolepadidae

Taxonomy
Archaeolepas was named by Zittel (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm K Albi]. It is the type genus of Archaeolepadidae.

It was assigned to Scalpellidae by Brooks et al. (1969); to Eolepadinae by Buckeridge (1983); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Thoracicalcarea by Gale (2016); and to Archaeolepadidae by Chan et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Archaeolepas Zittel p. 581
1969Archaeolepas Brooks et al. p. R276
1983Archaeolepas Buckeridge p. 27
2002Archaeolepas Sepkoski
2016Archaeolepas Gale p. 663
2021Archaeolepas Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderArchaeolepadomorpha
familyArchaeolepadidaeGale 2019
genusArchaeolepas

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.

G. †Archaeolepas Zittel 1885
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Archaeolepas royeri de Loriol 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available