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Metacarcinus goederti
Taxonomy
Metacarcinus goederti was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000). Its type specimen is USNM 507771, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS M8170, Milky River, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine sandstone in the Bear Lake Formation of Alaska.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Metacarcinus goederti Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 236 fig. 4,5 |
| 2006 | Metacarcinus goederti Conkle et al. p. 53 fig. 4 |
| 2010 | Metacarcinus goederti 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 goederti Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | USA (Alaska) | Metacarcinus goederti (68718) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Alaska) | Metacarcinus goederti (type locality: 140152 226556) |