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Eriptychius americanus

Pteraspidomorpha - Astraspidiformes

Taxonomy
Eriptychius americanus was named by Walcott (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harding Quarry, northwest of Cañon City, which is in a Franklinian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Harding Sandstone Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eriptychius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Eriptychius americanus Walcott
1902Eriptychius americanus Hay p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassAstraspida(Berg 1940)
orderAstraspidiformes(Berg 1940)
genusEriptychiusWalcott 1892
speciesamericanus

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.

†Eriptychius americanus Walcott 1892
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Diagnosis
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