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Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Liopteria dutoiti was named by Harrington (1955). Its type specimen is CPBA 5783 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeastern flank of Cerro Nortero, lower Bonete Fm, Sierra de las Tunas, which is in a Sakmarian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/quartzite in the Bonete Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti by Pagani (2000), Neves et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Leiopteria ausablensis, Leiopteria bigsbyi, Leiopteria conradi, Leiopteria contraria, Leiopteria crenatolamellosa, Leiopteria dekayi, Leiopteria gervillei, Leiopteria globosa, Leiopteria grandis, Leiopteria gulata, Leiopteria hendersoni, Leiopteria hirundo, Leiopteria laevis, Leiopteria laminosa, Leiopteria longirostris, Leiopteria nitida, Leiopteria pennsylvanica, Leiopteria pseudolaevis, Leiopteria rafinesqui, Leiopteria rigauxi, Leiopteria squamosa, Leiopteria subovata, Leiopteria subplana, Leiopteria thompsoni, Leiopteria thomsoni, Leiopteria migrans, L. acadica, L. ancilla, L. ardmillanensis, L. bodana, L. borealis, L. carens, L. conradi, L. dawsoni, L. ehlersi, L. elongatum, L. gratissima, L. improvisa, L. improvisa, L. lamellosa, L. longispinum, L. lunulata, L. naviforme, L. novella, L. ohioense, L. parva, L. parvae, L. patricia, L. pteriformis, L. rhomboidea, L. rhomboideum, L. robustum, L. subrhomboidea, L. variabilis, L. venusta, L. fontinalis, L. actualaris, L. acutilaris, L. conradi, L. dekayi, L. laevis, L. marylandica, L. mesacostalis, L. nitida, L. sayi, L. torregi, L. ausablensis, L. lunulata, L. pseudolaevis, L. anatina, L. billingsi, L. cadmus, L. carboniferum, L. cimitum, L. clitus, L. cultellatum, L. deprati, L. eberti, L. extenuatum, L. guangxiensis, L. hector, L. jason, L. lichas, L. longa, L. maclurii, L. mathori, L. mortoni, L. naviforme, L. nereus, L. orus, L. patulum, L. pelops, L. phaon, L. propinquum, L. sociale, L. spinerigum, L. striatula, L. striatus, L. venusta, L. venuta, L. waviformes, L. stenzeli, Pteria conradi, Pteria kamenka

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Liopteria dutoiti Harrington p. 120 figs. Pl 24, figs 5, 11
1959Liopteria dutoiti Sahni and Dutt p. 662 figs. Pl 26, fig 4
2000Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Pagani p. 306 figs. 2D-G
2014Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Neves et al. p. 220 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusLeptodesmaHall 1883
subgenusLeiopteria(Hall 1883)
speciesdutoiti()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height915.310.024.514.45.13

Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 13:46:45
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:46:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52India Liopteria dutoiti (116800)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Brazil Leptodesma dutoiti (139503)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Argentina Liopteria dutoiti (type locality: 91636 91637)