Cretiscalpellum vallum Collins, 1973

terga

carinae

Remarks

• Collection:   Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.  Photos by Curator George Phillips.  Thanks!

• Formation:  Taylor Group Equivalent, Demopolis Chalk, Tibbee Creek Marl Member

• Location:     Clay County, Mississippi

terga

scutum

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• "Gooseneck" Barnacle

• 1973 Cretiscalpellum vallum Collins

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Demopolis Chalk, Tibbe Creek Marl Member

Age

• Cretiscalpellum vallum Collins is a late Middle to early Late Campanian barnacle (~76-74 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Clay County, MS

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Collins, J. S. H.  1973.  Cirripedes from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi, Eastern Gulf Region, U.S.A.  I.  Palaeontology.  Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 23 (6), 353-362, plate 1, fig's 14-22; plate 2, fig's 1-12; and text-fig 1.