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Leperditiidae

Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae

Taxonomy

Leperditiidae was named by Jones (1856). It is not extant. Its type is Leperditia. It is the type family of Leperditioidea.

It was assigned to Leperditicopida by Benson et al. (1961); to Leperditioidea by Liebau (2005); and to Leperditicopina by Abushik and Evdokimova (2016).

Subtaxa

Anisochilina, Bivia, Briartina, Carbonia, Chevroleperditia, Cyprida, Eoleperditia, Hermannina, Herrmannina, Herrmannininae, Heterochilina, Isochilininae, Leperditia (type genus), Leperditiinae, Paraeoleperditia, Paramoelleritia, Schrenckia, Sinoleperditia, Yukopsis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Leperditiidae Jones
1961	Leperditiidae Benson et al. p. 105
2005	Leperditiidae Liebau p. 122
2016	Leperditiidae Abushik and Evdokimova p. 669

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Myodocopa	Sars 1866
order	Leperditicopida	Scott 1961
suborder	Leperditicopina	Pokorny 1953
superfamily	Leperditioidea	Jones 1856
family	Leperditiidae	Jones 1856
family	Leperditiidae	Jones 1856

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.

Fm. †Leperditiidae Jones 1856

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G. †Anisochilina Teichert 1937

G. †Bivia Berdan 1976

G. †Briartina Kegel 1932

G. †Carbonia Jones 1870

†Carbonia australis Etheridge Jr. 1892

G. †Chevroleperditia Swartz 1949

G. †Cyprida Goldenberg 1870

G. †Eoleperditia Swartz 1949

G. †Hermannina Kegel 1933

G. †Herrmannina Kegel 1933

G. †Heterochilina Poulsen 1937

†Heterochilina obliqua Poulsen 1937

Subfm. †Isochilininae Swartz 1949

G. †Dihogmochilina Teichert 1937

G. †Leperditia Rouault 1851

†Leperditia baltica Hisinger 1831

†Leperditia bivia White 1874

†Leperditia caecigena Miller 1881

†Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858

†Leperditia glabra Ulrich 1890

†Leperditia limatula Raymond 1905

†Leperditia manitoulinensis Foerste 1924

†Leperditia nana Jones 1858

†Leperditia punctulifera Kesling and Chilman 1978

†Leperditia rotundata Walcott 1884

G. †Paraeoleperditia Adachi and Igo 1980

G. †Paramoelleritia Wang 1976

Subg. †Paramoelleritia (Paraleperditia) Sun 1978

G. †Schrenckia Glebovskaia

G. †Sinoleperditia Wang 1989

G. †Yukopsis Copeland 1966

Invalid names: Herrmannininae Abushik 1960 [empty], Leperditiinae Swartz 1949 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedo

Created:

2010-02-05 05:02:58

Modified:

2010-09-27 14:12:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Permian or 504.50000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (582 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Menevian	504.5 - 499.5	United Kingdom (Wales)	Leperditia hicksi (193782)
Paibian	497.0 - 494.2	USA (Texas)	Leperditiidae indet. (208674 208687 208689 208692)
Ibexian	488.9 - 471.3	USA (Nevada)	Eoleperditia bivia (104307 104358) Leperditiidae indet. (104440)
Early/Lower Ordovician - Middle Ordovician	486.85 - 458.2	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Eoleperditia sp. (25752)
Ordovician	486.85 - 443.1	USA (New York)	Eoleperditia sp. (332)
Tremadoc - Late/Upper Llandeilo	486.4 - 458.2	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Heterochilina sp. (25739)
Cassinian	483.4 - 471.3	USA (Missouri)	Eoleperditia sp. A (75520 75543 75556 75559) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia indet. (75551) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia sp. B (75519 75547 75557) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia sp. B, Eoleperditia indet. (75552) Eoleperditia sp. B (75555)
Arenigian - Llanvirn	477.1 - 458.2	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Eoleperditia bivia (25284 25285)
Rangerian	471.3 - 470.3	USA (Nevada)	Eoleperditia bivia (104448 104453 104461) Eoleperditia sp. (297 104397 104413 104416) Leperditiidae indet. (104409)
Dapingian	471.3 - 469.4	USA (Utah)	Leperditia bivia (104236 104238 104240) Leperditia sp. (104193 104194 104196 104197 104206 104207 104214 104215 104216 104217 104221 104222 104223 104227)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Russian Federation	Herrmannina sp. (26673) Herrmannina sp., Leperditia sp. (23646) Leperditia sp. (26668 26672 26989)
Early/Lower Devonian	419.62 - 393.47	USA (West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennyslvania)	Leperditia sp. (649)
Emsian - Eifelian	410.62 - 387.95	USA (Alaska)	Leperditia sp. (111906)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	China (Guangxi)	Leperditia sp. (4844) Leperditia sp., Paramoelleritia sp. (4047 4051) Leperditia xiangzhouensis (4839) Leperditia xiangzhouensis, Leperditia pulchra, Paramoelleritia ziangzhouensis, Paramoelleritia guangxiensis (4052) Leperditia xiangzhouensis, Leperditia sp. (4865) Paramoelleritia sp. (4845 25790) Paramoelleritia xiangzhouensis (4053)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	USA (Pennsylvania)	Leperditia sp. (609)
Middle Devonian	393.47 - 382.31	USA (Alaska)	Leperditia sp. (111900 111901)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Ohio)	Hamiltonella punctulifera (76565)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	Germany	Leperditia indet. (143798)
Mississippian	358.86 - 323.4	USA (Colorado)	Leperditia sp. (10405)
Permian	298.9 - 251.902	USA (Alaska)	Leperditia sp. (112199)