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Hesperibalanus
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Archaeobalanidae : Hesperibalanus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Hesperibalanus Pilsbry, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Pilsbry, H. A. (1916). The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 93: 1-366. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (29%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Cirripedia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cirripedia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Balanus cornwalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Balanus sookensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus cornwalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus elizabethae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus fallax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus hesperius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus huddlestuni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Hesperibalanus parahesperius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus phineus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus proinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus sookensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus stenonotus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hesperibalanus vialovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) cornwalli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) sookensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Solidobalanus kellumi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1916 | Hesperibalanus Pilsbry |
1966 | Balanus (Hesperibalanus) Zullo p. 200 |
1967 | Balanus (Hesperibalanus) Ross and Newman p. 4 |
1979 | Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) Zullo and Baum p. 240 |
1982 | Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) Zullo p. 6 |
1985 | Hesperibalanus Zullo and Kite p. 14 |
2002 | Hesperibalanus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Hesperibalanus McLaughlin et al. p. 42 |
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!