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Amarixys sulcata
Taxonomy
Kustarachne sulcata was named by Melander (1903). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 9235, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
It was recombined as Curculioides sulcatus by Petrunkevitch (1913), Petrunkevitch (1949) and Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Amarixys sulcata by Selden (1992) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Curculioides sulcatus by Petrunkevitch (1913), Petrunkevitch (1949) and Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Amarixys sulcata by Selden (1992) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Kustarachne sulcata Melander p. 181 figs. Pl 5, fig 5; pl 7, fig 4 |
| 1913 | Curculioides sulcatus Petrunkevitch p. 83 figs. Pl 7, fig 38; text-figs 49,50 |
| 1949 | Curculioides sulcatus Petrunkevitch p. 287 |
| 1953 | Curculioides sulcatus Petrunkevitch p. 113 |
| 1992 | Amarixys sulcata Selden p. 619 figs. 16c,d, 18 |
| 2013 | Amarixys sulcata Dunlop et al. p. 117 |
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†Amarixys sulcata Melander 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Kustarachne sulcata (type locality: 122521) |