Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Parent taxon: Leperditellidae according to L. M. Melnikova 2019
See also Benson et al. 1961, Mohibullah et al. 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aparchitellina, Bonneprimites, Conchoprimites, Conchoprimitiinae, Coryellina, Haploprimitia, Kayina, Leioprimitia, Leptoprimitia, Parahealdia, Punctaparchites, Sinoprimitia, Zaborovia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (8: Northwest Territories), United States (23: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (17: Northwest Territories, Quebec)
• Arenig of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (13: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), the Russian Federation (9), United States (56: Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Tremadoc of China (3)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 136 collections including 167 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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