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Eucaenus ovalis
Taxonomy
Eucaenus ovalis was named by Scudder (1885). Its type specimen is USNM 38142, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Eucaenus.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1885 | Eucaenus ovalis Scudder p. 325 figs. Pl 29, fig 4 |
1903 | Eucaenus mazonus Melander p. 187 figs. Pl 6, fig 3; pl 7, fig 10 |
1903 | Eucaenus attenuatus Melander p. 191 figs. Pl 6, fig 4; pl 7, fig 11 |
1906 | Eucaenus attenuatus Handlirsch p. 165 figs. Pl XVI fig 20, 21 |
1906 | Eucaenus mazonus Handlirsch p. 165 figs. Pl XVI fig 19 |
1906 | Eucaenus ovalis Handlirsch p. 165 figs. Pl XVI fig 17, 18 |
1906 | Eucaenus attenuatus Handlirsch p. 710 |
1906 | Eucaenus mazonus Handlirsch p. 710 |
1906 | Eucaenus ovalis Handlirsch p. 710 |
1911 | Eucaenus mazonus Handlirsch |
1911 | Eucaenus ovalis Handlirsch |
1911 | Eucaenus minor Handlirsch p. 362 figs. Figs 40, 41 |
1922 | Eucaenus attenuatus Handlirsch p. 105 |
1922 | Eucaenus mazonus Handlirsch p. 105 |
1922 | Eucaenus minor Handlirsch p. 105 |
1922 | Eucaenus ovalis Handlirsch p. 105 |
1943 | Teneopteron mirabile Carpenter p. 17 figs. Pl 4; text-fig 5 |
1956 | Teneopteron mirabile Richardson p. 47 figs. 26-30 |
1976 | Eucaenus ovalis Carpenter and Richardson p. 225 figs. 1-8 |
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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.
†Eucaenus ovalis Scudder 1885
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Invalid names: Eucaenus attenuatus Melander 1903 [synonym], Eucaenus mazonus Melander 1903 [synonym], Eucaenus minor Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Teneopteron mirabile Carpenter 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available