Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Genus: Paraconcavus
†Species: Paraconcavus prebrevicalcar

Name

Paraconcavus prebrevicalcar (Ross, 1964: 488)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: late Pliocene, Virginia to South Carolina
• Type locality: upper Yorktown Formation, Rice's pit, west side of Harris Creek Road, 2.4 km west of Bloxoms Corner, Hampton, Virginia
• Types: Holotype USNM 648121
• ZooBank: 88CD8D0F-ED22-4B9D-85DE-959730BFB36A

References

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 64] (as Balanus oppidieboraci); [See p. 66] (as Balanus pacificus prebrevicalcar)

• Ross, A. 1964: Cirripedia from the Yorktown Formation (Miocene) of Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 38(3): 483-491. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 490] (as Balanus pacificus prebrevicalcar, and Balanus oppidieboraci)

• Zullo, V.A. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. Paleontological society memoir, 27: 1–46. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 38] (as Paraconcavus prebrevicalcar)