The oldest barnacle from the Caribbean is a rudist bivalve (Maastrichtian, Jamaica) |
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| Authors: | Simon F Mitchell |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica |
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| Abstract: | Four new specimens of Euscalpellum? coatesi Donovan and Davis-Strickland from the Maastrichtian of Jamaica are described; two of these occur in association with the right valve of the rudistid bivalve Chiapasella radiolitiformis (Trechmann). This demonstrates that E.? coatesi is not a barnacle, but rather represents an unusual preservational state of the left valve of C. radiolitiformis retaining only the cellular inner part of the shell. |
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| Keywords: | Rudistid bivalve Chiapasella radiolitiformis Cirripede Euscalpellum? coatesi Maastrichtian Jamaica |
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