Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Synonym: Archaeobalanidae Newman and Ross 1976
Parent taxon: Balanoidea according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Cornwall 1927, Jones 2007, Martin 1904, McLaughlin et al. 2005, Ross and Newman 1967, Wilson 1983, Yamaguchi 1980, Zullo 1982, Zullo 1984, Zullo 1992, Zullo and Baum 1979 and Zullo and Kite 1985
Sister taxon: Pyrgomatidae
Subtaxa: Acastinae Amphibalaninae Archaeobalaninae Balaninae Bryozobiinae Cetolepas Concavinae Creusiinae Emersoninae Hexacreusiinae Megabalaninae Semibalaninae Wanellinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (6 collections), Canada (15: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), Cape Verde (2), Chile (11), Cuba (1), France (1), Greenland (27), Iceland (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (9), Mexico (18), Morocco (3), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), Panama (5), Peru (5), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (95: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington)
• Blancan of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (5), Mexico (1), Taiwan (1), United States (8: California)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (11), Colombia (2), Ecuador (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Iceland (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Mexico (9), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (1), Peru (3), Portugal (1), Spain (4), United States (59: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), United States (3: Alaska, California)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Argentina (3), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Brazil (4), Cape Verde (1), Chile (14), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (2), France (3), French Southern Territories (2), Germany (1), Haiti (5), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (6), Madagascar (1), Malta (1), Mexico (7), Morocco (3), New Zealand (7), Panama (7), Poland (1), Portugal (3), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), United States (173: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carlina, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Colombia (1), Germany (2), Japan (6), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (1), United States (20: California, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (21: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene to Oligocene of Belize (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Oregon)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 666 collections including 826 occurrences