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Leptodus richthofeni
Taxonomy
Leptodus richthofeni was named by Kayser (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingshan Coalfield, Loping Area, which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in China. It is the type species of Leptodus.
It was recombined as Lyttonia richthofeni by Waagen (1883), Frech (1911) and Hayasaka (1922).
It was recombined as Lyttonia richthofeni by Waagen (1883), Frech (1911) and Hayasaka (1922).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Leptodus richthofeni Kayser p. 161 figs. Pl 21, figs 9-11 |
| 1883 | Lyttonia richthofeni Waagen p. 403 |
| 1911 | Lyttonia richthofeni Frech p. 135 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-2b |
| 1922 | Lyttonia richthofeni Hayasaka p. 103 figs. Pl 4, figs 12,13 |
| 1964 | Leptodus richthofeni Sarycheva p. 65 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-4 |
| 1977 | Leptodus richthofeni Yang et al. p. 372 figs. Pl 147, fig 10 |
| 1978 | Leptodus richthofeni Licharew and Kotlyar figs. Pl 15, figs 3,4; pl 21, fig 6 |
| 1989 | Leptodus richthofeni Kotlyar figs. Pl 18, fig 4 |
| 1991 | Leptodus richthofeni Sun p. 236 figs. Pl 5, fig 15 |
| 1995 | Leptodus richthofeni Zeng et al. figs. Pl 11, figs 6,8 |
| 2005 | Leptodus richthofeni Campi et al. p. 124 figs. Pl 4, figs D, E, G, H |
| 2019 | Leptodus richthofeni He et al. p. 160 figs. 9.50a-g,j |
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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.
†Leptodus richthofeni Kayser 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available