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Harpactocarcinus americanus
Taxonomy
Harpactocarcinus americanus was named by Rathbun (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brazos Valley, Little Brazos Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Neozanthopsis.
It was recombined as Neozanthopsis americanus by Schweitzer (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Neozanthopsis americanus by Schweitzer (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun p. 3 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6; pl 3, figs 1-5 |
| 1930 | Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun p. 1 |
| 1934 | Harpactocarcinus americanus Stenzel p. 43 |
| 1935 | Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun p. 87 |
| 1935 | Harpactocarcinus americanus Stenzel p. 385 |
| 2003 | Neozanthopsis americanus Schweitzer p. 1119 |
| 2010 | Neozanthopsis americanus Schweitzer et al. p. 118 |
| 2017 | Neozanthopsis americanus Luque et al. p. 45 |
| 2018 | Neozanthopsis americanus Schweitzer et al. p. 17 fig. 12.4a,b |
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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.
†Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available