Leptoskelidion Amsden 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1974. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian articulate brachiopods from Oklahoma, southwestern Illinois, and eastern Missouri. Bulletin - Oklahoma Geological Survey 119:1-154

Parent taxon: Linoporellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Amsden 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cycladigera, Elasmothyris, Laticrura, Linoporella, Orthotropia, Salopia

Subtaxa: Leptoskelidion loci Leptoskelidion septulosum

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Type: Leptoskelidion septulosum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (7 collections), United States (4: Missouri, Oklahoma)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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