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Euscalpellum

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2113871	https://www.gbif.org/species/2113871
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22155	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22155

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Pedunculata : Calanticidae : Euscalpellum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Scalpelliformes : Calanticidae : Euscalpellum

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Maxillopoda	Dahl 1956
subclass	Cirripedia
superorder	Thoracica
order	Scalpelliformes	Buckeridge and Newman 2006
family	Calanticidae	Zevina 1978
genus	Euscalpellum	Hoek 1907

Scientific Name

Euscalpellum Hoek, 1907

Name Published In

Siboga-Exp., 31 (A), no. 36, 59

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Euscalpellum	genus	belongs to Lepadomorpha	stated with evidence	Withers, 1951
Euscalpellum	genus	belongs to Scalpellidae	stated with evidence	Zullo and Baum, 1979
Euscalpellum	genus	belongs to Scalpellinae	stated with evidence	Buckeridge, 1983
Euscalpellum	genus	belongs to Cirripedia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Euscalpellum	genus	belongs to Calanticidae	stated with evidence	Chan et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia)

Vision

limited (based on Cirripedia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cirripedia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euscalpellum antarcticum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum balcombicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euscalpellum carolinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Euscalpellum cliftonense ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euscalpellum egmontense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euscalpellum ensisina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum eocenense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Euscalpellum meridianum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Euscalpellum renei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum rostratum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Euscalpellum squamosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum squamuliferum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum stratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum triflagellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euscalpellum wheeleri ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Scalpellum meridianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eu-Scalpellum Hoek, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Pedunculata : Calanticidae : *Eu-Scalpellum*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1907	Euscalpellum Hoek
1951	Euscalpellum Withers p. 155
1979	Euscalpellum Zullo and Baum p. 235
1981	Euscalpellum Zullo and Baum p. 36
1983	Euscalpellum Buckeridge p. 51
2002	Euscalpellum Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Euscalpellum Chan et al. p. 3

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Withers T. H. (1951) Cretaceous and Eocene peduncles of the Cirripede Euscalpellum, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 1 5, 149-162

Zullo V. A., Baum G. R. (1979) Paleogene barnacles from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Cirripedia, Thoracica), Southeastern Geology 20 4, 229-246

Zullo V. A., Baum G. R. (1981) Euscalpellum Hoek (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) from the Eocene of North and South Carolina, South Carolina Geology 25 1, 33-41

Buckeridge J. S. (1983) Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 50, 1-151

Chan B. K. K., Prabowo R. E., et al (2010) North West Pacific deep-sea barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) collected by the TAIWAN expeditions, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2405, 1-47

Pilsbry, Henry A., 1908: On the Classification of Scalpelliform Barnacles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 60, pt. 1. 104-111. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. - via World Register of Marine Species

Siboga-Exp., 31 (A), no. 36, 59 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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