Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Parent taxon: Leperditiidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisochilina, Bivia, Briartina, Carbonia, Cyprida, Gibberella, Hermannina, Herrmannina, Heterochilina, Leperditia, Moelleritia, Schrenckia, Sibiritia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories collections), United States (36: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Arenigian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Canada (18: Northwest Territories, Nunvait, Ontario), the Russian Federation (4), United States (50: Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Ibexian of United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 124 collections including 133 occurrences
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