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Nemacanthus elegans
Taxonomy
Cosmacanthus elegans was named by Evans (1904). Its type specimen is UCMP M9087, an osteoderm (fin spine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.
It was recombined as Nemacanthus elegans by Mutter and Rieber (2005).
It was recombined as Nemacanthus elegans by Mutter and Rieber (2005).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1904 | Cosmacanthus elegans Evans p. 298 fig. 47 |
1923 | Cosmacanthus elegans Jordan and Hanibal p. 30 |
2005 | Nemacanthus elegans Mutter and Rieber p. 144 |
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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.
†Nemacanthus elegans Evans 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available