Taxonavigation

Ordine: †Eolepadomorpha
Familia: †Eolepadidae
Genus: †Eolepas
Species: Eolepas aalensis

Name

• Eolepas aalensis (Richardson, 1908: 352)
  • Original genus: Pollicipes
  • Geological age: Jurassic
  • Type locality: Inferior Oolite, Lower Limestone, Haresfield Hill, near Gloucester, England
  • Typus: Holotype tergum BMNH In.24492
  • Distribution: Inferior Oolite, Coteswold, England
  • ZooBank: 705AA732-89EA-4EBC-B405-FCCF8EB66800

References

• Richardson, L. 1908: On a new species of Pollicipes from the Inferior Oolite of the Cotteswold Hills. Geological magazine, (Decade 5) 5(7): 351-352. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 352, as Pollicipes aalensis] (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.  [See p. 3, illustration of articulated specimen]
• Gale, A.S. & Schweigert, G. 2015. A new phosphatic-shelled cirripede (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany - the oldest epiplanktonic barnacle. Palaeontology 59(1): 59–70. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12207 Reference page.  [See p. 7, discussion]
• Richardson, L. 1909: Note on Pollicipes aalensis, Richardson. Proceedings of the Coteswold Naturalists' Field Club 16(3): 265-266. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 265]
• 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. 70, as Eolepas aalensis] (generic reassignment)