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Leptomitella
Taxonomy
Leptomitella was named by Rigby (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 766,858]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Leptomitidae by Hou et al. (2004); and to Porifera by Bambach et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Leptomitidae by Hou et al. (2004); and to Porifera by Bambach et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Leptomitella Rigby |
| 2002 | Leptomitella Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Leptomitella Hou et al. p. 46 |
| 2007 | Leptomitella Bambach et al. |
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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. †Leptomitella Rigby 1986
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†Leptomitella confusa Chen et al. 1989
†Leptomitella conica Chen et al. 1989
†Leptomitella incepta Rigby and Collins 2004
†Leptomitella metta Rigby 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Drumian or 521.00000 to 500.50000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Yunnan) | L. conica, L. confusa (156226) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Anhui) | L. sp. (96659 96660) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | L. confusa (96412) L. conica (90138 90150) L. conica, L. confusa (90494 96402) L. sp. (86929) L. teretiusculus, L. confusa (86846) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | L. conica (132329 132330 194143 194150 194160 194161) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Hubai) | L. sp. (219687) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | L. incepta (121956 121959) | |
| Drumian | USA (Utah) | L. metta (230679) | |
| Menevian | USA (Utah) | Leptomitus metta (56186) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | Leptomitus metta (77206 77207) |