Costacopluma texana Armstrong, Nyborg, Bishop, Ossó-Morales & Vega, 2009

Klompmaker, Adiël A., Martin, P. George, Hyžný, Matúš, Bowman, Andrew R., Phillips, George E. & Portell, Roger W., 2025, Systematics, biodiversity, and paleoecology of an early Danian decapod crustacean assemblage from Alabama, United States, Geodiversitas 47 (13), pp. 577-622 : 599-600

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scientific name	Costacopluma texana Armstrong, Nyborg, Bishop, Ossó-Morales & Vega, 2009
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( Fig. 16 View FIG ; Table 1 View TABLE ; Appendix 1G, H View APPENDIX )

Costacopluma texana Armstrong, Nyborg, Bishop, Ossó-Morales & Vega, 2009: 756 View in CoL , figs 5.14-5.20; 6.1. — Martínez-Díaz et al. 2016: figs 5.14, 6.6.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. United States • 1 specimen; Texas, Limestone County, quarry c. 2 miles west of Mexia ( c. 31°40’12”N, 96°34’11”W); Wills Point Formation, Mexia Clay Member ; Paleocene (upper Danian); NPL 31172 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Paratypes. United States • 1 specimen; same as for the holotype; NPL 31173 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 specimen; idem; NPL 31174 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 specimen; idem; NPL 31175 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 specimen; idem; NPL 31176 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 specimen; idem; MGSB 75425 GoogleMaps .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — United States • 6 specimens; Texas, Limestone County, Hanson Quarry; Wills Point Formation, Mexia Clay Member ; Paleocene (upper Danian); MMNS IP-7396 .

TYPE HORIZON. — Mexia Clay Member of the Wills Point Formation, upper Danian.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Quarry c. 2 miles west of Mexia ( c. 31°40’12”N, 96°34’11”W), Limestone County, Texas, United States.

DIAGNOSIS. — Referral is made to Armstrong et al. (2009: 756).

MEASUREMENTS. — See Table 1. View TABLE

DESCRIPTION

Referral is made to Armstrong et al. (2009: 756).

REMARKS

Costacopluma texana is morphologically close to C. nicksabani n. sp., but differs in several aspects. For details see the comparisons under C. nicksabani n. sp.