Martillepas ovalis

Taxonavigation

Familia: †Zeugmatolepadidae
Subfamilia: †Martillepadinae
Genus: †Martillepas
†Species: Martillepas ovalis

Name

• Martillepas ovalis (Withers, 1928): 95
  • Original genus: Calantica
  • Epibiont: complete specimens found attached to ammonoid shells
  • Geographic and stratigraphic range: Jurassic (Tithonian), Kimmeridge Clay, pectinatus and pallasioides Zones, England
  • Type locality: Upper Kimmeridgian, Loke's Pit, Hartwell, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Types: Holotype carina BMNH In.26972; Gales hypotypes NHM IC 1109-1114, 1124
  • ZooBank: 043F1ECD-39EB-4964-9D7A-55883C8BE3AE

References

• Withers, T.H. 1928. Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, I. Triassic and Jurassic. British Museum (Natural History), London, 154 p. Reference page.  [See p. 95, as Calantica (Scillaelepas) ovalis, original description]

• Gale, A.S. 2014. New cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the United Kingdom. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 125(4): 406–418. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.003 Reference page.  [See p. 416, as Martillepas ovalisgeneric re-assignment]
• Gale, A.S. 2024. British Fossil Cirripedia. Part 1. Introduction. Iblomorpha, Eolepadomorpha, Archaeolepadomorpha and Pollicipedomorpha. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 178(668): 1–104. DOI: org/10.1080/02693445.2024.2420447 Reference page.  [See p. 69, discussion, types, additional description]