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Leperditioidea

Ostracoda - Leperditicopida

Taxonomy
Leperditioidea was named by Jones (1856). It is not extant. Its type is Leperditiidae.

It was assigned to Leperditicopina by Liebau (2005).

Subtaxa
Leperditiidae (type family), Moelleritiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Leperditioidea Jones
2005Leperditioidea Liebau p. 122

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

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.

Superfm. †Leperditioidea Jones 1856
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Fm. †Leperditiidae Jones 1856
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G. †Anisochilina Teichert 1937
G. †Bivia Berdan 1976
G. †Briartina Kegel 1932
G. †Carbonia Jones 1870
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†Carbonia australis Etheridge Jr. 1892
G. †Chevroleperditia Swartz 1949
G. †Cyprida Goldenberg 1870
G. †Eoleperditia Swartz 1949
G. †Hermannina Kegel 1933
G. †Herrmannina Kegel 1933
G. †Heterochilina Poulsen 1937
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†Heterochilina obliqua Poulsen 1937
Subfm. †Isochilininae Swartz 1949
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G. †Dihogmochilina Teichert 1937
G. †Leperditia Rouault 1851
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†Leperditia baltica Hisinger 1831
†Leperditia bivia White 1874
†Leperditia caecigena Miller 1881
†Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858
†Leperditia glabra Ulrich 1890
†Leperditia limatula Raymond 1905
†Leperditia nana Jones 1858
†Leperditia rotundata Walcott 1884
G. †Paraeoleperditia Adachi and Igo 1980
G. †Paramoelleritia Wang 1976
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G. †Schrenckia Glebovskaia
G. †Sinoleperditia Wang 1989
G. †Yukopsis Copeland 1966
Invalid names: Herrmannininae Abushik 1960 [empty], Leperditiinae Swartz 1949 [empty]
Fm. †Moelleritiidae Abushik 1990
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G. †Eomoelleritia Abushik 1972
G. †Moelleritia Abushik 1958
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: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Permian or 504.50000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (585 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Leperditia hicksi (193782)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) Leperditiidae indet. (208674 208687 208689 208692)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Eoleperditia bivia (104307 104358) Leperditiidae indet. (104440)
Tremadoc - Late/Upper Llandeilo486.5 - 458.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Heterochilina sp. (25739)
Early/Lower Ordovician - Middle Ordovician485.4 - 458.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Eoleperditia sp. (25752)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) Eoleperditia sp. (332)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Eoleperditia sp. A (75520 75543 75556 75559) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia indet. (75551) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia sp. B (75519 75547 75557) Eoleperditia sp. A, Eoleperditia sp. B, Eoleperditia indet. (75552) Eoleperditia sp. B (75555)
Arenigian - Llanvirn478.6 - 458.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Eoleperditia bivia (25284 25285)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Eoleperditia bivia (104448 104453 104461) Eoleperditia sp. (297 104397 104413 104416) Leperditiidae indet. (104409)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) Leperditia bivia (104236 104238 104240) Leperditia sp. (104193 104194 104196 104197 104206 104207 104214 104215 104216 104217 104221 104222 104223 104227)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Alaska) Eomoelleritia sp. (49107) Moelleritia sp. (3474 3486)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Alaska) Moelleritia canadensis (75818)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Northern Territories) Moelleritia canadensis (233061)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7USA (Alaska) Leperditia sp. (111906)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9China (Guangxi) Leperditia sp. (4844) Leperditia sp., Paramoelleritia sp. (4047 4051) Leperditia xiangzhouensis (4839) Leperditia xiangzhouensis, Leperditia pulchra, Paramoelleritia ziangzhouensis, Paramoelleritia guangxiensis (4052) Leperditia xiangzhouensis, Leperditia sp. (4865) Paramoelleritia sp. (4845 25790) Paramoelleritia xiangzhouensis (4053)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Leperditia sp. (609)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) Leperditia sp. (111900 111901)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany Leperditia indet. (143798)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Colorado) Leperditia sp. (10405)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Leperditia sp. (112199)