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Cryptoscorpius americanus
Taxonomy
Cryptoscorpius americanus was named by Jeram (1994). Its type specimen is BELUM K14083a, a claw (pedipalp manus and fixed finger), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lone Star Lake spillway (Ulster Museum coll.), which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Cryptoscorpius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Cryptoscorpius americanus Jeram p. 538 figs. Pl 2, figs 8,9; pl 4, figs 1-9; pl 5, figs 2,3,5-10; pl 6, figs 1-3; pl 7, figs 3,4,7; text-figs 4D, |
| 2013 | Cryptoscorpius americanus Dunlop et al. p. 36 |
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†Cryptoscorpius americanus Jeram 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | Cryptoscorpius americanus (type locality: 153595) |