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Taxonomy
Acanthomyites aldrichi was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66925, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Acanthomyites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Acanthomyites aldrichi Cockerell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Acanthomyites aldrichi Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||