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Lepadomorpha
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Lepadiformes : Lepadomorpha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 16 (36%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 112 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. S. Jones. 2007. The Cirripedia of New Caledonia. In C. E. Payri, B. Richer de Forges (eds.), Compendia of marine species of New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lepadidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Oxynaspididae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Poecilasmatidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Stramentidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1905 | Lepadomorpha Gruvel |
| 1977 | Lepadomorpha Hattin p. 798 |
| 1983 | Lepadomorpha Buckeridge p. 20 |
| 1985 | Lepadomorpha Zullo and Kite p. 8 |
| 1986 | Lepadomorpha Collins p. 126 |
| 1994 | Lepadomorpha Hauschke p. 12 |
| 2007 | Lepadomorpha Jones p. 291 |
| 2010 | Lepadomorpha Chan et al. p. 3 |
| 2012 | Lepadomorpha Harzhauser and Schloegl p. 926 |
| 2019 | Lepadomorpha Gale |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
