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Leperditia scalaris

Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
L. baltica, L. bivia, L. caecigena, L. canadensis, L. glabra, L. limatula, L. manitoulinensis, L. nana, L. punctulifera, L. rotundata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. alta, L. balthica, L. caeca, L. elongata, L. fabulites, L. hisingeri, L. phaseola, L. tyraica, L. ulrichi

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderLeperditicopidaScott 1961
suborderLeperditicopinaPokorny 1953
superfamilyLeperditioideaJones 1856
familyLeperditiidaeJones 1856
genusLeperditiaRouault 1851
speciesscalaris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Pridoli or 426.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditia scalaris (25486 25656)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (New York) Leperditia scalaris (10455 10456)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (New York) Leperditia scalaris (76664) Leperditia sp. (26080)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) Leperditia scalaris (41629)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) Leperditia scalaris (491)