Eurypterids from the Price Formation of Virginia: First Eurypterids from the Mississippian of North America. (January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Plotnick, Roy E.; Lamsdell, James C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of paleontology. Volume 97:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 167
• Page End: 171
• Publication Date: 2023-01
• Subjects: Fossils -- Classification -- Periodicals; Paleontology -- Periodicals; Paléontologie -- Périodiques; Fossils -- Classification; Paleontology; Paleontologie; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 560.5
• DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2022.84
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3360

Abstract

Abstract: A new hibbertopterid eurypterid, Cyrtoctenus bambachi n. sp., is described from the Early Mississippian (Tournaisian) Price Formation of western Virginia. The same unit yields an unidentifiable stylonurine eurypterid. These are the first eurypterids documented from the Mississippian of North America, and only the fourth locality of this age anywhere in the world to yield eurypterids. UUID: http://zoobank.org/5c84d3a2-ea5a-402c-970d-9b0d867f52c7