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Leptellina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866373	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866373
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27553	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27553

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptellinidae : Leptellina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Leptellinidae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
subfamily	Leptellininae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
genus	Leptellina	Ulrich & Cooper 1936

Scientific Name

Leptellina Ulrich & Cooper, 1936

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellininae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellinidae	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellininae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellininae	stated without evidence	Percival et al., 2001
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellininae	stated without evidence	Zhan et al., 2008
Leptellina	genus	belongs to Leptellininae	stated with evidence	Liljeroth et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

433 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leptellina (Leptellina) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		23	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina (Merciella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		20	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	433 Ma Silurian
Leptellina abbreviata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina bella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina delicatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina elegantula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina incompta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina llandeiloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Leptellina mackenziensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina minor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina platys species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina primaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina rhacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina seletensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina semilunata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina spatiosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina subcarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina sublamellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptellina subquadrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina tennesseensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina transversa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Leptellina vesper species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Leptellina Ulrich and Cooper
1977	Leptellina Mitchell
1997	Leptellina Jin and Chatterton
2000	Leptellina Williams et al. p. 319
2001	Leptellina Percival et al.
2002	Leptellina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Qianjiangella Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Leptellina Zhan et al.
2017	Leptellina Liljeroth et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Percival I. G., Webby B. D., et al (2001) Ordovician (Bendigonian, Darriwilian to Gisbornian) faunas from the northern Molong Volcanic Belt of central New South Wales, Alcheringa 25, 211-250

Zhan R., Jin J., et al (2008) Strophomenide brachiopods from the Changwu Formation (Late Katian, Late Ordovician) of Chun'an, western Zhejiang, south-east China, Palaeontology 51 3, 737-766

Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont., 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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