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Leptestia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4866597https://www.gbif.org/species/4866597
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)27555https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27555
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptestiidae : Leptestia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyLeptestiidaeOpik 1933
genusLeptestiaBekker 1922
Scientific NameLeptestia Bekker, 1922
Name Published InGeol. Mag., 59, 361
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptestiagenusbelongs to Plectambonitidaestated with evidenceAlikhova, 1953
Leptestiagenusbelongs to Leptestiidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Leptestiagenusbelongs to Strophomenidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance466 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician
Motilitystationary (based on Leptestiidae)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Leptestiidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Leptestia diaphanes
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Leptestia musculosa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1464 Ma
Middle Ordovician		464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1922Leptestia Bekker
1953Leptestia Alikhova
2000Leptestia Williams et al. p. 331
2002Leptestia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Alikhova T. N. (1953) Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy, Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR, 1-127
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
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
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
Geol. Mag., 59, 361 - 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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