†Eriptychius americanus Walcott 1892 (jawless fish)
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Pteraspidomorpha - Astraspidiformes
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1892. Preliminary notes on the discovery of a vertebrate fauna in Silurian (Ordovician) strata. Geological Society of America Bulletin 3:153-172
Belongs to Eriptychius according to C. D. Walcott 1892
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: 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
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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