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Leperditella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae

Taxonomy
Leperditella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leperditellidae by Benson et al. (1961), Mohibullah et al. (2013) and Melnikova (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. germana, L. glabra, L. incisa, L. rex, L. tumida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Leperditella Benson et al. p. Q188
2002Leperditella Sepkoski
2013Leperditella Mohibullah et al. p. 18
2019Leperditella Melnikova p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyWelleriellaceaAbushik 1971
familyLeperditellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906
genusLeperditella

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Richmondian or 478.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (136 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) L. sp. (104307)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) L. sp. (4727 4732 4738)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9226)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) L. sp. (4709)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) L. incisa (104453) L. incisa, L. tumida (104448 104461) L. sp. (297 77183 104408 104409 104413) L. valida (104400)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9293)
Chazyan - Llandeilo470.0 - 458.4Canada (Northwest Territories) L. germana (25299 25300 25301 25302)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4Canada (Quebec) L. sp. (318)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) L. sp. (311)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) L. germana (24618 25928 102237 102238 102256) L. mundula (25935 26060 102261) L. sp. (312 313 25933) L. sp., L. mundula (24621)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) L. incisa (104372 104374 104446) L. incisa, L. sp. (104445) L. sp. (80073 104280 104376 104386 104391 104392 104393 104394 104395 104449 104464 104475 104476 104477 104478 104523 104525 104529 104534)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) L. germana (25926 25927 102232 102233 102234 102236 102251 102252)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9294)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) L. sp. (33444 33445 33446 33447 33448)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) L. sp. (204644)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9296 9300)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9224)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9228)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) L. sp. (204665 204667 204668 204705)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) L. sp. (34214 34215 34216 34217 34218) L. sulcata (34277 34279 34281 34324 34326 34327 34328)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) L. germana (55651)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) L. sp. (5347)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) L. sp. (24637)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) L. aequilatera, L. incisa, L. jonesinoides, L. porosa, L. rex, L. minima, L. tumida (23886) L. altiforma, L. incisa, L. minima (23885) L. deckeri (162341)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) L. tumida (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) L. mundula (24628 24631 25929 25931)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) L. macra, L. millepunctata, L. persimilis (23214 23215)
Kirkfieldian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) L. macra, L. millepunctata, L. persimilis (23177)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) L. macra, L. millepunctata, L. persimilis (23203 23207)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) L. tumida (5346)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) L. spp. (87962)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) L. macra, L. millepunctata, L. persimilis (23174)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) L. macra, L. millepunctata, L. persimilis (23217 23219)
Shermanian - Maysvillian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) L. rex (25345)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) L. sulcata (34339 34340 34341 34342 34343 34344)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) L. mundula (102269 102270) L. sp. (25858)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) L. sp. (34547 34561 34563)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (9311)
Katian - Pirgu453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) L. sp. (204687)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) L. fryei (23191)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Iowa) L. fryei (23235)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) L. sp. (102273)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) L. dorsicornis, L. sacceliformis (23237) L. fryei (23236)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) L. glabra (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) L. dorsicornis, L. sacceliformis (23238)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Ontario) L. glabra (26305)