Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Parent taxon: Virgiscalpellinae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Alekseev 2009, Gale 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Collinslepas, Virgilepas
Subtaxa: Virgiscalpellum beisseli Virgiscalpellum darwinianum Virgiscalpellum gabbi Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum Virgiscalpellum inornatum Virgiscalpellum mangyshlakense Virgiscalpellum marysensis Virgiscalpellum rugosum Virgiscalpellum wrighti
Type: Scalpellum beisseli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections), France (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (24: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 41 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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