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Ledahia

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae

Taxonomy
Ledahia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Healdiidae by Harloff and Jäger (1994); and to Metacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ledahia Harloff and Jäger p. 36
2002Ledahia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyHealdiidae
genusLedahia

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. †Ledahia
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†Ledahia bispinosa Grundel 1964
†Ledahia septenaria Grundel 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.270

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Raricostatum to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 199.50000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany L. bispinosa (139811 139813 139814 139815)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Germany L. bispinosa (139822)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France Pseudohealdia bispinosa (33624 33625 33627 33628) Pseudohealdia bispinosa, L. septenaria (33622)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary L. bispinosa (108869)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany L. bispinosa (139818 139819 139820 139821)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France L. septenaria (33630) Pseudohealdia bispinosa (33629 33631) Pseudohealdia bispinosa, L. septenaria (33633 33634 33635)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Portugal L. septenaria (158469)