Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Parent taxon: Leperditiidae according to A. F. Abushik et al. 2016
See also Benson et al. 1961, Raymond 1911, Sepkoski 2002, Swartz 1949, Vannier et al. 2001 and Wang and McKenzie 2000
Sister taxa: Anisochilina, Bivia, Briartina, Carbonia, Chevroleperditia, Cyprida, Eoleperditia, Hermannina, Herrmannina, Herrmannininae, Heterochilina, Isochilininae, Leperditiinae, Schrenckia, Sinoleperditiini, Yukopsis
Subtaxa: Leperditia baltica Leperditia bivia Leperditia caecigena Leperditia canadensis Leperditia elongata Leperditia glabra Leperditia limatula Leperditia manitoulinensis Leperditia nana Leperditia punctulifera Leperditia rotundata Leperditia scalaris
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Colorado)
• Devonian of China (7), Germany (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (9: Alaska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennyslvania)
• Silurian of Canada (52: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Germany (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (8), the United Kingdom (3), United States (107: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (16: California, Nevada, Utah)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), United States (57: New York)
• Ordovician of Canada (17: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Czechia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (93: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Cambrian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 392 collections including 433 occurrences
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