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Nuculana cultellus
Taxonomy
Leda cultellus was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elephantenbank, Mungo River, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.
It was recombined as Nuculana cultellus by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).
It was recombined as Nuculana cultellus by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).
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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1897 | Leda cultellus von Koenen p. 31 figs. Pl 3, fig 24 |
1957 | Nuculana cultellus Dartevelle and Freneix p. 14 |
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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.
†Nuculana cultellus von Koenen 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Turonian | Cameroon | Leda cultellus (209694) |