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Leptalosia

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Taxonomy
Leptalosia was named by Dunbar and Condra (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Step-u Sepkoski's reference number: 25,41]. It is not extant. Its type is Strophalosia scintilla.

It was assigned to Productellinae by Sutton (1938); to Heteralosiinae by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960); to Strophalosiinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Leptalosia Dunbar and Condra
1938Leptalosia Sutton p. 548 figs. plate 62, figures 1, 2
1960Leptalosia Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 85
2000Leptalosia Williams et al. p. 568
2002Leptalosia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyStrophalosiidae
subfamilyStrophalosiinae
genusLeptalosiaDunbar and Condra 1932

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. †Leptalosia Dunbar and Condra 1932
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Leptalosia keokuk Beecher 1890
Leptalosia ovalis Dunbar and Condra 1932
Leptalosia scintilla Beecher 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 387.95000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4USA (Michigan) L. radicans (231664)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) L. radicans (85062 94446 206795 219865)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Montana) L. scintilla (7115 7126 7127 7130 7138 7140 7143 7146 7147 7150 7156 7157 7158 7162 7165) L. sp. (643)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Missouri) L. scintilla (6027 6029 6041)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Utah) L. scintilla (7168)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) L. sp. (90772)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) L. sp. (46548)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) L. ovalis (1071) L. sp. (1062 1064)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) L. ovalis (871)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) L. ovalis (52081 52082)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) L. ovalis (12440 12441)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) L. ovalis (11865 12042 12056)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan L. ovalis (126452)