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Eolepadomorpha

Eolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 2 families and about 14 described species in Eolepadomorpha.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Phosphatothoracica
Order: Eolepadomorpha
Chan et al., 2021

Eolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 2 families and about 14 described species in Eolepadomorpha.12

Families

These families and genera belong to the order Eolepadomorpha:

Order Eolepadomorpha Chan et al., 2021
Family Eolepadidae Buckeridge, 1983
Genus Eolepas Withers, 1928
Genus Toarcolepas Gale & Schweigert, 2015
Family Praelepadidae Chernyshev, 1930
Genus Illilepas Schram, 1986
Genus Praelepas Chernyshev, 1930
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References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, order Eolepadomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.