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Proverruca Withers 1914

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Genus Proverruca Withers, 1914 Type species. Proverruca vinculum Withers, 1914. Included species. In addition to the type species, Proverruca cancellata Withers, 1935, Proverruca nodosa Withers, 1935, Proverruca laurae Withers, 1923, Proverruca dentifer Gale, in Gale & Sørensen, 2015, Proverruca anglica Gale, 2020, Proverruca minuta Gale, 2025, Proverruca cenomanica Gale, 2025 and Proverruca ornata sp. nov. Diagnosis. As for family. Remarks. Proverruca is a very distinctive Late Cretaceous genus and occurs as a widespread, but uncommon, minority element in chalk (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) cirripede faunas. It also occurs in nearshore deposits.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14797290

Authors: Gale, Andrew S., Jagt, John W. M.

Institutions: Natural History Museum, University of Portsmouth, Natural History Museum Maastricht

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6930515654

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