Leptodus wuchangensis Lee and Gu 1980

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Alternative combination: Paraleptodus wuchangensis

Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428

Belongs to Leptodus according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Lee and Gu 1980

Sister taxa: 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, Poikilosakos tongluensis, Spinolyttonia arakeljani, Lyttonia (Vincia), Lyttonia (Digitia), Lyttonia (Imperia), Lyttonia (Pirgula), Lyttonia (Prisca), Lyttonia (Irma), Lyttonia (Stita)

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tumenling, Wuchang County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China

Distribution: found only at Tumenling, Wuchang County

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