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Lectotype and synonymy of Cryphaeus nicholsi Roy, 1929 (Trilobita, Devonian)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory D. Edgecombe*
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 10024
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The trilobite species Cryphaeus nicholsi Roy, 1929, was based on two pygidia from a Devonian red sandstone bed at Patacamaya, La Paz Department, Bolivia. Study of the syntypes (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago) reveals that two well-known species are represented.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 64 , Issue 6 , November 1990 , pp. 1044
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