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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Cambroarchilocus McMenamin, 2020 (arthropod)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020
Original name, rank & spelling:  McMenamin, M.A.S. 2020. Geosci. 10 (4) 119: 27 ("nov. gen.").
Description/Diagnosis in English:  op. cit.: 27 ("Diagnosis").

Validation

Validated name: †Cambroarchilocus tigris McMenamin, 2020 Ref: M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020: 30 ("Diagnosis: Same as for genus, by monotypy."). [new]

Etymology

Derived from: Archilocus (Genus) Ref: M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020: 27 ("to reflect diminutive size as in the hummingbird"). [new]
Derived from: Cambrian System (System) (541.0 - 485.4 Ma) Ref: M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020: 27. [new]

Eponymous persons

Archilocus (c. 680 BC - c. 640 BC): Greek lyric poet Ref: M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020: 27. ("who wrote of a shield that was discarded (cf. bradoriid extinction) to be replaced by a new shield (cf. appearance of ostracods)")

Types

Type, by original designation and monotypy: †Cambroarchilocus tigris McMenamin, 2020 Ref: M.A.S. McMenamin, 2020: 27. [new]
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