Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica Cooper 1956

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combination: Leptaena ordovicica

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Cooper 1956, Ross 1970 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita, Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea, Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosoides, Leptaena (Leptaena) salopiensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) semiovalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistrata, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata, Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa

Type specimen: USNM 117669a. Its type locality is 0.6 mile northwest of Linville Station, which is in a Turinian marginal marine sandstone in the Oranda Formation of Virginia.

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (5: Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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