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Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Liopteria dutoiti was named by Harrington (1955). Its type specimen is CPBA 5783 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeastern flank of Cerro Nortero, lower Bonete Fm, Sierra de las Tunas, which is in a Sakmarian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/quartzite in the Bonete Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti by Pagani (2000) and Neves et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Liopteria dutoiti Harrington p. 120 figs. Pl 24, figs 5, 11
1959Liopteria dutoiti Sahni and Dutt p. 662 figs. Pl 26, fig 4
2000Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Pagani p. 306 figs. 2D-G
2014Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Neves et al. p. 220 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusLeptodesmaHall 1883
subgenusLeiopteria(Hall 1883)
speciesdutoiti()

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.

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Diagnosis
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