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Taxonomy
Nenga was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type is Nenga meganasalis.
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017) and Lambert et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017) and Lambert et al. (2018).
Species
N. meganasalis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Nenga Bianucci et al. p. 589 |
| 2009 | Nenga Lambert et al. p. 919 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2016 | Nenga Marx et al. p. 130 |
| 2017 | Nenga Berta p. 162 |
| 2018 | Nenga Lambert et al. p. 155 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | N. meganasalis (77208 77214) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene | French Southern Territories | N. meganasalis (192401) |