A new barnacle from the Lower Jurassic of South Wales

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A new barnacle from the Lower Jurassic of South Wales

  • Volume / Part: 37 / 4
  • Publication Date: March 1995
  • Page(s): 901 - 905
  • Authored By: P. Hodges

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A previously unknown cirriped from the semicostatum Biozone of the Lower Lias of Bridgend, South Wales is described. The fused scutum and tergum, and the lack of any indication of a peduncle, indicates some loose affinities with the Verrucomorpha. However, the tooth-like nature of scutum and tergum are unlike the plate in any other known cirriped. A new taxon Bassettina cambriensis is assigned to a new family, the Bassettinidae.

Palaeontology - Volume 37 Part 4 Pages 901-905



Palaeontology - Volume 37 Part 4 Pages 901-905

Citations

HODGES, P. 1995. A new barnacle from the Lower Jurassic of South Wales. Palaeontology, 37, 4, 901–905.