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Eupatagus carolinensis
Taxonomy
Eupatagus carolinensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City quarry near cemetery, Wilmington, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Jackson Formation of North Carolina.
It was recombined as Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) carolinensis by Cooke (1942).
It was recombined as Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) carolinensis by Cooke (1942).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1915 | Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell p. 153 figs. Plate LXXI, Figs. 3a-d, 4 |
1942 | Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) carolinensis Cooke p. 56 |
1980 | Eupatagus carolinensis Kier p. 50 |
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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.
†Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992 |
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Eupatagus carolinensis (43347) | |
Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | Eupatagus carolinensis (5386 5387 5436 5453 5457) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (North Carolina) | Eupatagus carolinensis (type locality: 142965) |