Leperditiidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LeperditioideaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Leperditicopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Leperditicopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Leperditicopida
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At least 200 million years on record.

The record covers at least 499.5 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 504.5 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Cambrian — about 5 of 649 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 360 of 649 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 241 of 649 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 41 of 649 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 649 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1 of 649 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 649 occurrences510–501 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences501–492 Mya — about 4 occurrences492–483 Mya — about 1 occurrence483–475 Mya — about 14 occurrences475–466 Mya — about 93 occurrences466–457 Mya — about 113 occurrences457–448 Mya — about 123 occurrences448–439 Mya — about 26 occurrences439–431 Mya — about 59 occurrences431–422 Mya — about 126 occurrences422–413 Mya — about 63 occurrences413–404 Mya — about 1 occurrence404–396 Mya — about 10 occurrences396–387 Mya — about 9 occurrences387–378 Mya — about 3 occurrences378–369 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences369–361 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences361–352 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences352–343 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences343–334 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences334–326 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences326–317 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–291 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences291–282 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences282–273 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences273–264 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences264–256 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences256–247 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences499.5 Mya298.9 Mya510 Mya247 Mya

649 occurrences of Leperditiidae on record, most of them in the Ordovician. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

649 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

141 formations

Antelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 38.53°N, 116.40°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.20°N, 116.25°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WAntelope Valley — 38.28°N, 116.42°WAntelope Valley — 38.82°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 39.07°N, 116.72°WCrown Point — 44.61°N, 73.41°WCrown Point — 44.88°N, 73.44°WCrown Point — 44.94°N, 73.45°WCrown Point — 43.95°N, 73.44°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.63°N, 78.23°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.40°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.44°N, 78.97°WTonoloway Limstone — 38.27°N, 79.88°WWills Creek Limestone — 39.70°N, 78.18°WWills Creek Limestone — 39.63°N, 78.23°WWills Creek Limestone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WWills Creek Limestone — 39.44°N, 78.97°WValcour — 44.61°N, 73.41°WValcour — 44.30°N, 73.31°WValcour — 44.89°N, 73.44°WKanosh Shale — 38.78°N, 113.59°WKanosh Shale — 38.60°N, 113.75°WKanosh Shale — 38.85°N, 113.46°WKanosh Shale — 38.87°N, 113.42°WKanosh Shale — 38.88°N, 113.47°WKanosh Shale — 39.18°N, 113.48°WLebanon Limestone — 35.80°N, 86.13°WLebanon Limestone — 35.97°N, 86.45°WLebanon Limestone — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon Limestone — 35.45°N, 86.88°WLebanon Limestone — 36.00°N, 86.45°WLebanon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WSipai — 24.10°N, 109.98°ESipai — 24.07°N, 109.88°ESipai — 23.92°N, 109.82°ESmithville — 37.30°N, 89.96°WSmithville — 37.32°N, 89.88°WSmithville — 37.41°N, 89.87°WSmithville — 37.29°N, 89.83°WSmithville — 37.21°N, 89.85°WDay Point — 44.60°N, 73.44°WDay Point — 44.87°N, 73.48°WDay Point — 44.68°N, 73.45°WRead Bay — 75.00°N, 95.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.68°N, 94.16°WRead Bay — 74.73°N, 94.94°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.14°N, 99.45°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.18°N, 99.27°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.25°N, 99.50°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.70°N, 101.20°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 51.75°N, 98.58°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.24°N, 99.52°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.25°N, 100.00°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.30°N, 100.27°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 51.60°N, 98.70°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.57°N, 76.84°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.27°N, 78.54°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.63°N, 78.23°WCliffield — 37.09°N, 81.34°WCliffield — 37.15°N, 81.49°WCliffield — 37.08°N, 81.71°WCliffield — 37.13°N, 81.41°WSunblood — 61.72°N, 125.93°WSunblood — 62.12°N, 126.68°WSunblood — 62.18°N, 126.70°WEast Arm Dolomite — 53.18°N, 99.27°WEast Arm Dolomite — 53.70°N, 101.20°WEast Arm Dolomite — 53.92°N, 101.33°WEast Arm Dolomite — 53.80°N, 100.30°WEast Arm Dolomite — 58.77°N, 94.17°WManlius — 42.13°N, 73.93°WManlius — 43.45°N, 74.95°WManlius — 43.05°N, 76.15°WManlius — 42.79°N, 74.58°WManlius — 42.66°N, 74.23°WManlius — 42.89°N, 74.84°WManlius — 42.90°N, 74.90°WBobcaygeon — 44.67°N, 78.80°WBobcaygeon — 44.53°N, 78.55°WLehman — 39.48°N, 114.92°WLehman — 38.78°N, 113.59°WLehman — 38.60°N, 113.75°WLehman — 38.87°N, 113.42°WLehman — 38.88°N, 113.47°WLehman — 39.18°N, 113.48°WSteinsfjorden — 68.79°N, 14.95°ESteinsfjorden — 60.17°N, 10.30°ESteinsfjorden — 60.03°N, 10.28°EKlenova — 71.00°N, 58.00°EVunta — 67.93°N, 136.60°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.22°N, 81.36°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.10°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.32°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°W

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The named rock units Leperditiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 117 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 100 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Leperditiidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Leperditiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,748 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 576 sites for Leperditiidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

108 references

Each of the 649 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 96 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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No picture of Leperditiidae was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Leperditiidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Leperditiidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Jones 1856