Faxelepas landenica

Taxonavigation

Stem-Group Verrucomorpha
Familiaː Pycnolepadidae
Genus: †Faxelepas
Speciesː Faxelepas landenica

Name

• Faxelepas landenica (Withers, 1953)ː 348
  • Original genusː Pycnolepas
  • Geological ageː Palaeocene, mid-Selandian, NP 5 Zone
  • Type localityː Heers Formation, basal Orp Member; Wansin, northeast of Saumur, Belgium
  • Typusː Holotype MNSB, probably lost (Gale & Vidovic, 2023)
  • Distributionː type locality
  • ZooBank: 9EBADCAD-C4F2-43B9-A459-520C337EF3BA

References

• Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page.  [See p. 348, original description as Pycnolepas landenica

• Gale, A.S. & Vidovic, S.U. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Balanomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 21(1)ː 2258370. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2258370 Reference page.  [See p. 28, generic re-assignment as Faxelepas landenica]
• Jagt, J.W.M., Zonova, T.D. & Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1545: 33–47. Reference page.  [See p. 40]