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Leptodesma potens
Taxonomy
Leptodesma potens was named by Hall (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chautauqua Creek, near Summerdale, which is in a Famennian marine siliciclastic in the Chadakoin Formation of New York.
It was recombined as Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens by Hall (1883), Sterren (2000), Amler (2010).
It was recombined as Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens by Hall (1883), Sterren (2000), Amler (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. acadica, L. ancilla, L. ardmillanensis, L. bodana, L. borealis, L. carens, L. conradi, L. dawsoni, L. ehlersi, L. elongatum, L. gratissima, L. improvisa, L. improvisa, L. lamellosa, L. longispinum, L. lunulata, L. naviforme, L. novella, L. ohioense, L. parva, L. parvae, L. patricia, L. pteriformis, L. rhomboidea, L. rhomboideum, L. robustum, L. subrhomboidea, L. variabilis, L. venusta, L. fontinalis, L. actualaris, L. acutilaris, L. conradi, L. dekayi, L. laevis, L. marylandica, L. mesacostalis, L. nitida, L. sayi, L. torregi, L. ausablensis, L. lunulata, L. pseudolaevis, L. anatina, L. billingsi, L. cadmus, L. carboniferum, L. cimitum, L. clitus, L. cultellatum, L. deprati, L. eberti, L. extenuatum, L. guangxiensis, L. hector, L. jason, L. lichas, L. longa, L. maclurii, L. mathori, L. mortoni, L. naviforme, L. nereus, L. orus, L. patulum, L. pelops, L. phaon, L. propinquum, L. sociale, L. spinerigum, L. striatula, L. striatus, L. venusta, L. venuta, L. waviformes, L. stenzeli
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens Hall p. 9 figs. Pl 21, fig 21; pl 22, figs 11, 12, 19, 21 |
| 1883 | Leptodesma potens Hall p. 9 figs. pl. 21, fig. 21 |
| 2000 | Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens Sterren p. 430 figs. 9C-9E |
| 2006 | Leptodesma potens Anelli et al. p. 1131 |
| 2010 | Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens Amler p. 17 |
| 2025 | Leptodesma potens Yancey p. 124 fig. 6 |
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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.
†Leptodesma potens Hall 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 387.95000 to 365.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Givetian | USA (New York) | Leptodesma potens (90844) | |
| Middle Famennian | USA (New York) | Leptodesma potens (type locality: 241663 241664) |