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Sportella leura
Taxonomy
Sportella leura was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352489, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7151 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Sportella leura Gardner p. 126 figs. pl. 22, fig. 4 |
| 2008 | Sportella leura Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Sportella leura Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Sportella leura (type locality: 42366) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Sportella leura (68970) |