New material of thoracican cirripedes, traditionally assigned to the Brachylepadomorpha and basal Balanomorpha, is described from abundant isolated plates collected from sediment deposited between boulders on a rocky coastline of Late Campanian age (c. 80 Ma) at Ivö Klack in Scania, southern Sweden. Two new genera, Epibrachylepas and Parabrachylepas (type species P. ifoensis Withers, 1935) are described, as is a new species, Epibrachylepas newmani. Pachydiadema cretacea Withers, 1935 and Brachylepas guascoi (Bosquet, 1857) are redescribed on the basis of extensive new material. It is concluded that the long-held homologies between lateral plates of pedunculate cirripedes and balanomorphs are incorrect, and a new nomenclature is proposed for the latter group. Cladistic analysis based on 40 morphological characters of 12 species yields a consensus tree showing successive Brachylepas species and Pachydiadema as sister taxa to the crown group balanomorphs, which are here called the Plesion Neobalanomorpha nov. Both the "Brachylepadomorpha" and the "Brachylepadidae" are paraphyletic, and together with P. cretacea, form a morphocline leading from pedunculate ancestors (Pycnolepas articulata), through to basal sessile forms (B. naissanti, B. guascoi) and on to taxa identified as basal balanomorphs (Parabrachylepas, Epibrachylepas, Pachydiadema). The functional significance of the progressive changes is discussed with reference to 2 living taxa. It is suggested that the radiation of the Neobalanomorpha, dominant shallow water thoracicans in the Cenozoic, postdated the K-Pg near-extinction of more basal sessile barnacle groups.