Specimen Name: Balanus sp.
Common Name: Barnacle
Specimen Code: 02CRUST00001
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Arthropoda – Crustacea – Maxillopoda – Hexanauplia – Thecostraca – Cirripedia – Sessilia – Balanidae – Balanus
Description of Specimen:
Grey cluster of approximately ten barnacles, each less than 1cm in height
Measurements of Specimen:
35mm x 15mm x 9mm (whole cluster)
The Fossil Ark 