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Leaia

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Leaiidae

Taxonomy
Leaia was named by Jones (1862). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Limnadiidae by Guthörl (1934); and to Leaiidae by Zhang et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Leaia Jones
1934Leaia Guthörl
1976Leaia Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—ConchostracaSars 1867
familyLeaiidaeRaymond 1949
genusLeaiaJones 1862

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.

G. †Leaia Jones 1862
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†Leaia baentschiana Beyrich 1864
†Leaia buntschiana Beyrich 1864
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Invalid names: Leaia kliveriana Goldenberg 1873 [synonym], Leaia leidyi Beyrich 1864 [synonym]
†Leaia herriana Guthörl 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Lopingian or 323.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) L. leidyi (216610) L. tricarinata, L. acutangularis, L. leidyi, L. baentschiana (216606 216609)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany L. baentschiana, L. herriana (122593)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Germany L. baentschiana (123825) L. baentschiana, L. kliveriana (123953)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Germany (Saarland) L. baentschiana (122600 138356 138363)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Germany L. baentschiana (138001 138003 138024 138157 138159 138160 138178 138179 138181 138347 138351 138355 138379)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) L. baentschiana (123810)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Germany (Rheinlande) L. baentschiana (126164)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Germany (Saarland) L. baentschi (233077)
Stephanian A305.1 - 301.5Germany L. baentschiana (123835 138180)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany L. baentschiana (137873)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Antarctica L. gondwanella (124348)