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Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus
Taxonomy
Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 445231, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is USGS D9719, Chesapeake and DE. Canal [Merchantville Fm], which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Merchantville Formation of Delaware. It is the type species of Cryptotexanites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus Kennedy and Cobban pp. 842, 844 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1-11 |
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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.
†Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus Kennedy and Cobban 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Delaware) | Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus (type locality: 88607) |