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Luenchelys minimus
Taxonomy
Luenchelys minimus was named by Belouze et al. (2003). Its type specimen is UCBL FSL 573021, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is En Nammoura (FSL collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon. It is the type species of Luenchelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Luenchelys minimus Belouze et al. p. 260 figs. 23-31 |
| 2003 | Luenchelys minimus Forey et al. p. 228 |
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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.
†Luenchelys minimus Belouze et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Luenchelys minimus (221065) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Lebanon | Luenchelys minimus (124426 type locality: 221947) |