Parastramentum expansum

Taxonavigation

Familia: †Stramentidae
Subfamilia: †Stramentinae
Genus: †Parastramentum
Species: †Parastramentum expansum

Name

• Parastramentum expansum (Withers, 1911: 27)
  • Original genus: Loricula
  • Geographic and stratigraphic range: Cretaceous (lower Campanian); Kent, Wiltshire, Norfolk, England
  • Type locality: Actinocamax quadratus Zone, East Harnham, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  • Types: Holotype left scutum BMNH I.13812
  • ZooBank: 0CF3D8B0-E815-4735-8AD8-707A0E2217F8

References

• Withers, T.H. 1911: Some cirripedes from the chalk at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Geological magazine, decade 5 8(1): 21-31. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 27, as Loricula expansa, original description]

• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149Reference page. 
• 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. 50, synonymy, discussion, comparisons]
• Zittel, K.A. 1884. Bemerkungen über einige fossile Lepaditen aus dem lighographischen Schiefer und der oberen Kreide. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 14(4): 577–589. HathiTrust Reference page.  [See p. 589, as Loricula laevissima, junior synonym]
• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 321, as Stramentum expansum; see p. 305 as Loriculina laevissima, generic re-assignment of junior synonym]