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Aporolepas

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4806051https://www.gbif.org/species/4806051
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)22120https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22120
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Pedunculata : Scalpellidae : Aporolepas
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Scalpelliformes : Scalpellidae : Aporolepas
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMaxillopodaDahl 1956
subclassCirripedia
superorderThoracica
orderScalpelliformesBuckeridge and Newman 2006
familyScalpellidaePilsbry 1907
genusAporolepasWithers 1953
Scientific NameAporolepas Withers, 1953
Name Published InWithers, T. H. 1953. Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. III: 396 pp.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aporolepasgenusbelongs to Scalpellidaestated with evidenceZullo and Kite, 1985
Aporolepasgenusbelongs to Cirripediasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilitystationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia)
Visionlimited (based on Cirripedia)
Dietsuspension 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aporolepas howei
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
938.0 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Aporolepas Withers
1985Aporolepas Zullo and Kite p. 8
2002Aporolepas Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985) Barnacles of the Jacksonian (Upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina Geology 28 1, 1-21
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
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
Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 3 - 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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