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Tyrannophontes acanthocercus Jenner et al. 1998
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Taxonomy
Mantis Shrimp
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Tyrannophontidae
Genus: Tyrannophontes
Species: Tyrannophontes acanthocercus
Author Citation Jenner et al. 1998
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Mississippian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Serpukhovian
Stratigraphy
Big Snowy Group
Heath Formation
Bear Gulch Bed
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Location
Bear Gulch
Fergus County
Montana
United States
Comments
Three (partially incomplete) specimens of Tyrannophontes acanthocercus on one plate. The largest specimen is 5cm stretched out.
Lit.:
R. A. Jenner, C. H. J. Hof, and F. R. Schram. 1998. Palaeo- and archaeostomatopods (Hoplocarida, Crustacea) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Mississippian (Namurian), of Central Montana. Contributions to Zoology 67(3):155-185
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