Leptotrypa Ulrich 1883 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae

Parent taxon: Heterotrypidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Bassler 1911 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asperopora, Atactopora, Dekayella, Dekayia, Eichwaldopora, Eridocampylus, Heterotrypa, Leioclema, Reptonoditrypa, Stigmatella

Subtaxa: Leptotrypa hexagonalis Leptotrypa minima Leptotrypa spinifera

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Type: Leptotrypa minima

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Argentina (1 collection), Belarus (2), the Czech Republic (7), France (1), Germany (7), the Russian Federation (1)

• Silurian of Belarus (1), Mongolia (1), Sweden (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), Estonia (1), United States (10: Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin)

Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences

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