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Kuvelousia leptosa
Taxonomy
Kuvelousia leptosa was named by Waterhouse (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 151591j and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cornucopia Quadrangle, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in Oregon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Kuvelousia leptosa Waterhouse p. 1181 figs. Pl 156, figs 1-16 |
| 1977 | Kuvelousia leptosa Wardlaw figs. Pl 9, figs 63-70; pl 10, figs 1-15 |
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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.
†Kuvelousia leptosa Waterhouse 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 6 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 2.40 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | USA (Oregon) | Kuvelousia leptosa (type locality: 120468) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Utah) | Kuvelousia leptosa (39551 39723 39724 39726) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Nevada) | Kuvelousia leptosa (39439 39440 39442 39469 39473 39499 39515 39517 39530 39531 39535 39744 39748 39753 39770 39773) |