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Leptodus wuchangensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Taxonomy
Paraleptodus wuchangensis was named by Lee and Gu (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tumenling, Wuchang County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China.

It was recombined as Leptodus wuchangensis by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. catenata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Paraleptodus wuchangensis Lee and Gu p. 390 figs. Pl 172, fig 17
2015Leptodus wuchangensis Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyLyttonioidea
familyLyttoniidae
subfamilyLyttoniinae
genusLeptodus
specieswuchangensis()

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.

†Leptodus wuchangensis Lee and Gu 1980
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Diagnosis
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