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Eryma americana
Taxonomy
Eryma americana was named by Rathbun (1923). Its type specimen is USNM 31899, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 4137, Neuse River, 34 2/3 mi above New Bern, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Peedee Formation of North Carolina.
It was corrected as Eryma americanum by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Devillez and Charbonnier (2017).
It was corrected as Eryma americanum by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Devillez and Charbonnier (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1923 | Eryma americana Rathbun p. 406 figs. Pl 102, figs 5-7 |
1935 | Eryma americana Rathbun p. 20 |
2010 | Eryma americanum Schweitzer et al. p. 23 |
2017 | Eryma americanum Devillez and Charbonnier p. 3 |
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†Eryma americana Rathbun 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available