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Elektrocarcinus texensis
Taxonomy
Necrocarcinus texensis was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 mi N of Denison, 1/2 mi E of Denton clay/Kde type locality..., which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Elektrocarcinus texensis by Schweitzer et al. (2016) and Franţescu et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Elektrocarcinus texensis by Schweitzer et al. (2016) and Franţescu et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Necrocarcinus texensis Rathbun p. 25 |
| 2010 | Necrocarcinus texensis Schweitzer et al. p. 81 |
| 2014 | Necrocarcinus texensis Karasawa et al. p. 234 |
| 2016 | Elektrocarcinus texensis Franţescu et al. p. 1124 |
| 2016 | Elektrocarcinus texensis Schweitzer et al. p. 354 |
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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.
†Elektrocarcinus texensis Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Albian or 105.30000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Albian | USA (Texas) | Necrocarcinus texensis (141130) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Necrocarcinus texensis (type locality: 141000) |