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Saccella chiriquiana
Taxonomy
Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana was named by Olsson (1942). Its type specimen is PRI 4080, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charco Azul [Charco Azul Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore shale in the Charco Azul Formation of Costa Rica.
It was recombined as Saccella chiriquiana by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Saccella chiriquiana by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana Olsson |
| 1964 | Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana Olsson p. 21 |
| 2008 | Saccella chiriquiana Hendy et al. |
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†Saccella chiriquiana Olsson 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador | Nuculana chiriquiana (131293) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Nuculana chiriquiana (60772) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Nuculana chiriquiana (type locality: 66790) |