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Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa
Taxonomy
Leda fossa was named by Baird (1863). It is extant.
It was recombined as Nuculana fossa by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Faustman (1964); it was recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa by Moore (1983) and Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Nuculana fossa by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Faustman (1964); it was recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa by Moore (1983) and Hendy (2021).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. alferovi, N. amuriensis, N. bathurstensis, N. borsonii, N. calkinsi, N. camelorum, N. castor, N. coelata, N. coloradoensis, N. complanata, N. corbetensis, N. corpulentoides, N. demissa, N. deshayesiana, N. dodona, N. dodsoni, N. duplicarina, N. equilateralis, N. evansi, N. fiski, N. inornata, N. kenyana, N. kittensis, N. minmiensis, N. mutuata, N. saffordana, N. securiformis, N. smirna, N. sulcellata, N. travisana, N. turgeo, N. tyrolensis, N. yunnanensis, N. pennula, N. compalana, N. slodkewitschi, N. parleacllli, N. taioma, N. vadosa, N. carinata, N. elliptica, N. grandensis, N. perdita, N. perlonga, N. yatsushiroensis, N. meriani, N. duplicarina, N. fragilis, N. gnonom, N. nagaoi, N. wajampolkana
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Leda fossa Baird p. 71 |
| 1903 | Leda fossa Arnold p. 96 figs. Plate XVII, Fig. 7. |
| 1931 | Nuculana fossa Grant, IV and Gale p. 120 |
| 1964 | Nuculana fossa Faustman p. 114 |
| 1983 | Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Moore p. A13 figs. Plate 2, figures 1, 2; plate 4, figures 1, 12, 13; plate 5, figure 1 |
| 2021 | Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Hendy |
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Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Baird 1863
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Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa sculpta Dall 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (Alaska) | Leda fossa (195957) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Leda fossa (222663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Nuculana fossa (41303) |