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Nemacanthus elegans
Taxonomy
Cosmacanthus elegans was named by Evans (1904). Its type specimen is UCMP M9087, an osteoderm (fin spine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.
It was recombined as Nemacanthus elegans by Mutter and Rieber (2005).
It was recombined as Nemacanthus elegans by Mutter and Rieber (2005).