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Elkania hamburgensis
Taxonomy
Tellinomya hamburgensis was named by Walcott (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East slope of ridge east of the Hamburg Ridge, which is in a Blackhillsian carbonate limestone in the Goodwin Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Ctenodonta hamburgensis by Ulrich (1894); it was recombined as Elkania hamburgensis by Ulrich and Cooper (1938).
It was recombined as Ctenodonta hamburgensis by Ulrich (1894); it was recombined as Elkania hamburgensis by Ulrich and Cooper (1938).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Tellinomya hamburgensis Walcott p. 76 figs. Plate xi, figs. 1, 1 a |
| 1894 | Ctenodonta hamburgensis Ulrich p. 605 figs. pl. 42, figs. 91, 92 |
| 1938 | Elkania hamburgensis Ulrich and Cooper p. 58 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Elkania hamburgensis Walcott 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Blackhillsian or 492.50000 to 470.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Trempealeauan | USA (Nevada) | Elkania hamburgensis (233789) | |
| Blackhillsian | USA (Nevada) | Tellinomya hamburgensis (232703) |