Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Alternative spelling: Leperditia (Isochilina)
Synonyms: Hogmochilina Solle 1935, Paenaequina
Parent taxon: Isochilinidae according to J. M. Berdan 1984
See also Benson et al. 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Warshauer and Berdan 1982
Sister taxa: Aristozoe, Ceratoleperditia, Dihogmochilina, Kiaeria, Parabriartina, Pteroleperditia, Saffordellina, Swartzochilina, Teichochilina
Subtaxa: Isochilina variana
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Norway (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Alaska, Michigan, New York)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), United States (5: Nevada, Oklahoma, Virginia)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec), United States (2: New York, Virginia)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (5: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), United States (47: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 72 collections including 74 occurrences
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