Eocene Balanidae of Florida, Including a New Genus and Species with a Unique Plan of "Turtle-Barnacle" Organization

A. Ross, and W. A. Newman

1967

Article

American Museum Novitates 2288:1-21

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Balaninae
• Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius
• Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis
• Balanus concavus proteus
• Balanus humilis
• Balanus leonensis
• Balanus niveus
• Balanus ochlockonensis
• Chelonibia testudinaria
• Emersoninae
• Emersonius cybosyrinx
• Kathpalmeria georgiana
• Platylepas wilsoni
• Pyrgoma preftoridanum
• Scalpellum gibbum

Taxonomy:

• Balanus concavus proteus belongs to Concavus concavus - Conrad (1834)
• Balanus humilis belongs to Balanus - Conrad (1846)
• Balanus niveus belongs to Balanus - Darwin (1854)
• Scalpellum gibbum belongs to Scalpellum - Pilsbry (1916)
• Pyrgoma preftoridanum belongs to Pyrgoma - Brooks and Ross (1960)
• Platylepas wilsoni belongs to Platylepas - Ross (1963)
• Balanus leonensis belongs to Balanus - Weisbord (1966)
• Balanus ochlockonensis belongs to Balanus - Weisbord (1966)
• Balaninae belongs to Balanidae - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Kathpalmeria georgiana belongs to Kathpalmeria - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius belongs to Hesperibalanus - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis belongs to Hesperibalanus - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Emersoninae belongs to Balanidae - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Emersonius belongs to Emersoninae - Ross and Newman (1967)
• Emersonius cybosyrinx belongs to Emersonius - Ross and Newman (1967)