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Caloxanthus americanus
Taxonomy
Caloxanthus americanus was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4 mi SW of Fort Worth, 1/2 mi S of Baptist Seminary, which is in an Aptian marine claystone in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Caloxanthus americanus Rathbun p. 56 figs. Plate 11, Figs. 12-19 |
| 2010 | Caloxanthus americanus Schweitzer et al. p. 67 |
| 2012 | Caloxanthus americanus Schweitzer et al. p. 148 |
| 2017 | Caloxanthus americanus Schweitzer et al. p. 8 fig. 3.2b |
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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.
†Caloxanthus americanus Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 119.57000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Caloxanthus americanus (type locality: 141171) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Caloxanthus americanus (141174) |