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Metacarcinus starri
Taxonomy
Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri was named by Berglund and Goedert (1996). Its type specimen is UWBM 92012, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UWBM B6133, which is in a Miocene deep subtidal shelf horizon in the Clallam Formation of Washington.
It was recombined as Metacarcinus starri by Schweitzer et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Metacarcinus starri by Schweitzer et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri Berglund and Goedert p. 8390 figs. Fig. 2.1-2.5 |
| 2010 | Metacarcinus starri Schweitzer et al. p. 102 |
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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.
†Metacarcinus starri Berglund and Goedert 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Washington) | Cancer starri (type locality: 202149 202150) |