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Leptodontella

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptodontellidae

Taxonomy
Leptodontella is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Leptodontellinae.

It was assigned to Leptodontellinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Leptodontella Williams et al. p. 276
2002Altaestrophia Sepkoski
2002Leptodontella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptodontellidae(Williams 1965)
genusLeptodontella

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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Invalid names: Altaestrophia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 410.62000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco L. caudata (150363)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation L. zmeinogorskiana (35715 35716 35718 35719)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland L. lanthanomena (231675)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany L. caudata (60466)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Myanmar L. caudata (25737) L. sp. (64813)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) L. caudata (5767)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) L. caudata (70144)