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Leiophyllites

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Leiophyllites Diener
1934Leiophyllites Spath
1948Monophyllites (Leiophyllites) Renz and Renz p. 73
1960Leiophyllites Kummel
1968Leiophyllites Nakazawa and Bando
1969Leiophyllites Kummel
1969Leiophyllites McLearn p. 55
1970Leiophyllites Wiedmann p. 969
1981Leiophyllites Tozer p. 99
1994Leiophyllites Tozer p. 268
2002Leiophyllites Sepkoski
2016Leiophyllites Ehiro et al. p. 99
2022Leiophyllites Ehiro p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusLeiophyllitesDiener 1915

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. †Leiophyllites Diener 1915
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Leiophyllites admaris Kiparisova 1961
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Invalid names: Danubites incertus Kiparisova 1961 [synonym]
Leiophyllites asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1981
Leiophyllites confucii Diener 1895
Leiophyllites ellipticus Shevyrev 1995
Leiophyllites foliodenticulatus Wang and Chen 1979
Leiophyllites laevis Welter 1915
Leiophyllites maritimus Kiparisova 1958
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Invalid names: Preflorianites inflatus Kiparisova 1961 [synonym]
Leiophyllites marshalli Browne 1952
Leiophyllites pitamaha Diener 1895
Leiophyllites pradyumna Diener 1895
Leiophyllites radians Astakhova 1960
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Invalid names: Leiophyllites kwangsiensis Chao 1959 [synonym], Leiophyllites lolouensis Chao 1959 [synonym], Leiophyllites oxynotus Chao 1959 [synonym], Leiophyllites vermiformis Chao 1959 [synonym]
Leiophyllites suessi von Mojsisovics 1882
Leiophyllites taramellii Martelli 1904
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Invalid names: Leiophyllites praematurus Kiparisova 1958 [synonym], Monophyllites (Leiophyllites) georgalasi Renz and Renz 1948 [synonym], Monophyllites (Leiophyllites) palaeotriadicus Renz and Renz 1948 [synonym], Monophyllites (Leiophyllites) praeconfucii Renz and Renz 1948 [synonym]
Leiophyllites visendus Shevyrev 1961
Leiophyllites wakoi Ehiro et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height388.111.8023.78.605.57
shell diameter3828.85.9094.327.320.6
shell inflation3812.22.8037.811.68.52

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Aegean or 251.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Anhui) L. sp. (111494)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation L. prematurus (151082) L. sp. (175855 175859)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Monophyllites praeconfucii, Monophyllites georgalasi, Monophyllites palaeotriadicus, Monophyllites pitamaha (112607) Monophyllites praeconfucii, Monophyllites georgalasi, Monophyllites pitamaha (112608) Monophyllites praeconfucii, Monophyllites pitamaha (112609)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Guizhou) L. variabilis (213532)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) L. praematurus (47291 47292) Preflorianites maritimus (47282)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Kazakhstan L. radians (213182)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Albania L. pitamaha (108977) L. sp. (108976) L. variabilis (97000)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania L. confucii (216985)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Canada (British Columbia) L. sp. (105311)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Qinghai) Eophyllites variabilis (102900)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2East Timor L. sp., L. timorensis (213510)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) L. serpentinus, L. kwangsiensis, L. vermiformis (44005)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Afghanistan (Pakhtia) L. sp. (111023)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan L. sp. (186961 224865 224869) L. sp., L. wakoi (173664)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Kazakhstan L. exacudus (72329 72332 72422)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Greece L. sp. (73171 73190 73191) L. sp., L. variabilis (72312 72315 73186 73187 73189) L. variabilis (72314 73181 73182)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Greece L. asseretoi (143852) L. pitamaha, L. asseretoi (143853 143855) L. pitamaha, L. pseudopradyumna (143851) L. sp. (143854)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) L. sp. (112793)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania L. sp. (216986)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0China (Guangxi) L. sp. (96994 96995)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen L. sp. (97312)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation L. pitamaha (99520)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Greenland L. sp. (111492)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0East Timor L. sp., L. pitamaha (213512)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Albania L. pitamaha (108979) L. sp. (108981) L. sp., L. pitamaha (108978)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Japan L. pitamaha, L. pradyumna (101744)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Iran (Isfahan) L. pitamaha (211341)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Indonesia L. pradyumna, L. suessi, L. indoaustralicus, L. laevis, L. middlemissi (215009)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Monophyllites confucii, Monophyllites pradyumna (206199)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) L. pradyumna (47256 47283 47284 47285 47300) L. pradyumna, Danubites incertus, Danubites inflatus (46901) L. sp. (47244 47273 47322) L. suessi (46900)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Vietnam L. laevis (44777)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) L. foliodenticulatus (102731) L. serpentinus (103166)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Indonesia (Timor) Xenaspis indoaustralica (205308)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand (Southland) L. marshalli (214515)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Monophyllites confucii, Monophyllites pradyumna (206215)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand L. marshalli (214513 214514) L. sp. (214516)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guangxi) L. sp. (44729)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Monophyllites suessi (206618 206619 206719 206720 206722 206729)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) L. sp. (44728)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) L. sp. (212892)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Greece L. sp., L. variabilis (72313)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Iran L. suessi (107808)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) L. confucii, L. suessi (211427)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Guangxi) L. sp. (96997)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) L. confucii (103147) L. pitamaha (103149) L. taramellii (103154)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Turkey L. confucii (143857 143858 143869 143899 143902 143917 143918 143925 143935 143938 143940 143944 143945 143946 143949 143951 143969 143971) L. pitamaha (143927)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) L. confucii (178664)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation L. pitamaha (99534) L. sp. (127747) L. visendus (99511 99517 99527 99533) L. visendus, L. pitamaha, L. ellipticus (99523)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina L. taramellii, L. suessi (214979 214980)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria L. suessi (136997) Monophyllites suessi (136996)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro L. taramellii (215192)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) L. confucii (211431)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey L. confucii (143904 143954 143955 143956 143958 143959 143960 143961 143963 143973)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) L. sp. (211376)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Monophyllites suessi (206721)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) Monophyllites confucii, L. suessi (204511)