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Leperditia punctulifera

Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae

Taxonomy
Leperditia punctulifera was named by Kesling and Chilman (1978) [Illustrated specimens: UMMP 59247, 59250, 59254-63, 61826, 61828]. It is the type species of Ponderodictya, Hamiltonella.

It was recombined as Hamiltonella punctulifera by Stewart (1936); it was recombined as Ponderodictya punctulifera by Coryell and Malkin (1936), Kesling and Chilman (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Leperditia punctulifera Hall
1936Ponderodictya punctulifera Coryell and Malkin
1936Hamiltonella punctulifera Stewart
1978Leperditia punctulifera Kesling and Chilman
1978Ponderodictya punctulifera Kesling and Chilman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderLeperditicopidaScott 1961
suborderLeperditicopinaPokorny 1953
superfamilyLeperditioideaJones 1856
familyLeperditiidaeJones 1856
genusLeperditiaRouault 1851
speciespunctulifera

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.

Leperditia punctulifera Kesling and Chilman 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 05:02:58
Modified: 2010-09-27 14:12:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Hamiltonella punctulifera (76565)