Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1882. Part III. Palaeontology. Geology of Wisconsin 4:163-363
Parent taxon: Metoptomatidae according to Y.I. Starobogatov and A.V. Mazaev 1999
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Calloconus, Metoptoma
Subtaxa: Lepetopsis anthracophila Lepetopsis artiensis Lepetopsis capitanensis Lepetopsis chesterensis Lepetopsis franae Lepetopsis haworthi Lepetopsis levettei Lepetopsis peregrina Lepetopsis petasus Lepetopsis petricola Lepetopsis phillipsi Lepetopsis retrorsa Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis Lepetopsis taxiensis
Type: Patella levettei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Permian of Cambodia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (2), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), United States (11: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Canada (1: Alberta), Ireland (2), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada)
Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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