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Cowichianassa meckerti
Taxonomy
Cowichianassa meckerti was named by Schweitzer et al. (2009). Its type specimen is GSC 27159 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dove Creek Road, which is in a Campanian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Pender Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Cowichianassa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. p. 409 figs. Figs. 3A–B, 3D, 3F, 4 |
| 2010 | Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. p. 38 |
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†Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2009 | Ischium longer than high, with longitudi- nal groove, with bulbous distal end; merus with marked, small spines on lower margin; carpus about as long as high; manus with proximal margin at slightly oblique an- gle to lower margin; markedly heterochelous and sexually dimorphic chelipeds; abdominal somites with large lower distal projections overlapping succeeding somite. |