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Axius texensis
Taxonomy
Plioaxius texensis was named by Franţescu (2014). Its type specimen is USNM 558715, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Motorola plant, west of intersection of N. Beach and Fossil Creek Blvd, which is in an Albian offshore shale in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Axius texensis by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Axius texensis by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Plioaxius texensis Franţescu p. 17 fig. 3D,E |
| 2023 | Axius texensis Schweitzer et al. p. 2 |
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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.
†Axius texensis Franţescu 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class | |||||
| References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Plioaxius texensis (type locality: 127164) |