Eolepas Withers 1928 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Eolepadomorpha - Eolepadidae

Parent taxon: Eolepadidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Buckeridge 1983, Gale 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Toarcolepas

Subtaxa: Eolepas novaezelandiae Eolepas rhaeticus

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Type: Pollicipes rhaeticus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nusplingen Plattenkalk, Liegende Bankkalk Fm. (Jurassic of Germany)

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