Archaeochionelasmus nekvasilovae gen. et sp. nov. (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha, Chionelasmatoidea) from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic): the first bona fide Cretaceous neobalanoform
Author
Kočí, Tomáš
Author
Veselská, Martina Kočová
Author
Newman, William A.
Author
Buckeridge, John S.
Author
Sklenář, Jan
text
Zootaxa
2017
4294
2
181
196
journal article
32652
10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.3
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1175-5326
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Family
Chionelasmatidae
Buckeridge, 1983
(Upper Cretaceous–Recent)
Archaeochionelasmus
KOČÍ
,
BUCKERIDGE
& NEWMAN gen. nov.
Pl. 1, figs A–F; Pl. 2, figs A–H; Text-figs 3, 6
Diagnosis.
Low conical neobalanoform with a six-plated wall comprised of a carina (C) and a rostrum (R) plus paired carinolatera (CL1) and rostrolatera (RL) and at least one whorl of basal imbricating plates (IPs); pseudo-radii present on overlapping margins of RL and CL1; alae unexposed, rostrolatera perhaps included in the sheath; no trace of a calcareous basis.
Etymology.
Archaeo
(Greek
arkhaio-
) = early, or before
Chionelasmus
.
Stratum typicum.
Upper Cenomanian, Korycany Member, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin.