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Leptodontellidae

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptodontellidae

Taxonomy
Leptodontellinae was named by Williams (1965). Its type is Leptodontella.

It was reranked as the family Leptodontellidae by Congreve et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Douvillinidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenoidea by Congreve et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Leptodontellinae Williams
2000Leptodontellinae Williams et al. p. 276
2015Leptodontellidae Congreve et al. p. 755

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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)
familyLeptodontellidae(Williams 1965)

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.

Fm. †Leptodontellidae Williams 1965
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Invalid names: Altaestrophia [synonym]
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Sulcatostrophia calvini Miller 1883
Sulcatostrophia euglyphea Stainbrook 1945
Invalid names: Pseudodouvillina Stainbrook 1945 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Elton to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 422.70000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Elton422.7 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) Parastrophonella sp. (75051 75052)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Parastrophonella dora (83291)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Leptodontella caudata (150363)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation Leptodontella zmeinogorskiana (35715 35716 35718 35719)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Afghanistan (Ghazni) Parastrophonella sp. (75096)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland Leptodontella lanthanomena, Parastrophonella anaglypha (231675) Parastrophonella anaglypha (231671 231672 231673 231674 231676 231677 231678 231679 231681)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Leptodontella caudata (60466) Parastrophonella anaglypha (60467)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Myanmar Leptodontella caudata (25737) Leptodontella sp. (64813)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) Leptodontella caudata (5767)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) Leptodontella caudata (70144)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4France (Bretagne) Parastrophonella anaglypha (84086 84090 84091 84095 84098 84099 84100)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Parastrophonella anaglypha (75584 75585 75586)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New Mexico) Pseudodouvillina euglyphea, Sulcatostrophia calvini (219871)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Sulcatostrophia camerata (35499) Sulcatostrophia camerata, Pseudodouvillina euglyphea (35502) Sulcatostrophia sp. (3403 3405 3407 3408)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Pseudodouvillina sp. (35503)