Verruca punica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucomorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Infraclassis: Thoracica
Superordine: Thoracicalcarea
Ordine: Verrucomorpha

Familia: Verrucidae
Genus: Verruca
Species: †Verruca punica

Name

Verruca punica Buckeridge & Jagt In Buckeridge, Jagt & Speijer, 2008: 39

  • Geological age: Palaeocene (Danian)
  • Type locality: El Haria Formation: Sample AFN 601 15 m above the K/Pg boundary in the so-called KS section at El Kef (36N08'57/08E38'39)
  • Types: Holotype NHMM 2007 094; paratypes NHMM 2007 095, 2007 096, 2007 097 and 2007 100, and NMV P314992
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: DF8CC3C9-7290-4EB6-8312-F6400B16953B

References

  • Buckeridge, J.S., Jagt, J.W.M. & Speijer, R.P. 2008. Verruca punica, a new species of verrucomorph barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the lower Danian (Palaeocene) of Tunisia. Zootaxa 1844: 37–46. Reference page.  [See p. 39, original description, as Verruca punica]

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