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Leptella sarytumensis
Taxonomy
Leptella sarytumensis was named by Nikitina et al. (2006). Its type specimen is USNM 485133, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 133. 4 kilometers southwest of Alakul Lake, which is in an Abereiddian open shallow subtidal limestone/siltstone in the Alakul Formation of Kazakhstan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Leptella sarytumensis Nikitina et al. pp. 184 - 185 fig. 25.11–13 |
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†Leptella sarytumensis Nikitina et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006 | Strongly concavoconvex with rectimarginate anterior commissure; shell surface with strongly developed comae; dorsal median ridge crosses the subperipheral rim bordering the platform at about 80% of valve length anterior to the umbo. |