Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Synonyms: Juxoldhamina Liang 1990, Lyttonia Waagen 1883, Oldhamina (Lyttonia) Waagen 1883, Spinolyttonia Sarycheva 1964
Full reference: E. Kayser. 1883. Obercarbonische fauna von Lo-Ping. China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 4:160-208
Parent taxon: Lyttoniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tazawa 2012
Sister taxa: Cardinocrania, Collemataria, Coscinophora, Eolyttonia, Gubleria, Keyserlingina, Loxophragmus, Matanoleptodus, Oldhamina, Oldhaminella, Pararigbyella, Petasmaia, Pirgulia
Subtaxa: Leptodus cancriniformis Leptodus deminutus Leptodus elongatus Leptodus guadalupensis Leptodus hemisphaericus Leptodus hoshanensis Leptodus huangi Leptodus kaluzinensis Leptodus lacuna Leptodus lamina Leptodus minor Leptodus nobilis Leptodus oldhaminoides Leptodus ovatus Leptodus richthofeni Leptodus trapezium Leptodus tumenlingensis Leptodus wuchangensis Lyttonia (Digitia) Lyttonia (Imperia) Lyttonia (Irma) Lyttonia (Pirgula) Lyttonia (Prisca) Lyttonia (Stita) Lyttonia (Vincia) Poikilosakos tongluensis Spinolyttonia arakeljani
Type: Leptodus richthofeni
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Kansas collections)
• Permian of Afghanistan (3), Armenia (16), Australia (3), Azerbaijan (14), Cambodia (1), China (160), Croatia (5), Greece (2), India (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (14), Italy (1), Japan (14), Malaysia (12), Mexico (2), Pakistan (40), the Russian Federation (8), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (5), Tunisia (6), Ukraine (1), United States (74: California, Montana, Oregon, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
Total: 397 collections including 447 occurrences
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