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Necrocarcinus pawpawensis
Taxonomy
Prehepatus pawpawensis 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.
It was recombined as Necrocarcinus pawpawensis by Schweitzer et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Necrocarcinus pawpawensis by Schweitzer et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Prehepatus pawpawensis Rathbun p. 48 figs. Plate 11, Figs. 26-28 |
| 1987 | Prehepatus pawpawensis Fraaye and Collins p. 549 |
| 2010 | Prehepatus pawpawensis Jagt et al. p. 181 |
| 2010 | Prehepatus pawpawensis Schweitzer et al. p. 86 |
| 2016 | Necrocarcinus pawpawensis Schweitzer et al. p. 18 |
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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.
†Necrocarcinus pawpawensis 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, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Prehepatus pawpawensis (type locality: 141171) |