Leptestiina

No picture of Leptestiina 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 Leptestiina, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LeptestiidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Leptestiidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Leptestiidae
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Leptestiidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Strophomenata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 25 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 432.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 469.4 Mya to 422.7 Mya.

Ordovician — about 72 of 73 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1 of 73 occurrencesSilurian470–469 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences462–461 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 9 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 13 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 10 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 8 occurrences453–451 Mya — about 6 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 5 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 8 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 6 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 4 occurrences444–443 Mya — about 2 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences431–430 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences430–428 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences428–427 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences423–422 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences458.2 Mya432.9 Mya470.3 Mya421.8 Mya

73 occurrences of Leptestiina 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

73 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

43 formations

Furuberget — 60.37°N, 10.42°EFuruberget — 60.35°N, 10.42°EFuruberget — 60.34°N, 10.49°EFuruberget — 60.33°N, 10.55°ECampile — 53.44°N, 7.23°WCampile — 53.22°N, 7.93°WCampile — 53.45°N, 7.17°WJerrestad Shale — 57.78°N, 14.18°EJerrestad Shale — 55.54°N, 14.29°EGelli-Grin — 53.00°N, 4.00°WKraluv Dvur — 50.00°N, 14.00°ETangtou — 32.00°N, 119.00°EBancos Mixtos — 39.00°N, 4.00°WBancos Mixtos — 38.78°N, 4.83°WBancos Mixtos — 38.86°N, 4.08°WKilley Bridge — 54.60°N, 6.88°WNakholmen — 60.00°N, 11.00°ENakholmen — 59.88°N, 10.48°EArnestad — 60.00°N, 11.00°EArnestad — 59.92°N, 10.73°EChientsaokou — 27.82°N, 106.92°EChientsaokou — 27.58°N, 106.36°ETramore Limestone — 52.15°N, 7.16°WDunabrattin Limestone — 52.14°N, 7.35°WFrognerkilen — 60.00°N, 11.00°EPen-y-garnedd — 53.00°N, 3.00°WNod Glas — 53.00°N, 4.00°WCrugan Mudstone — 53.00°N, 4.00°WDwyfor Mudstone — 53.00°N, 4.00°WTufs et calcaires de Rosan — 48.25°N, 4.48°WRosan — 48.00°N, 4.00°WFerradosa — 40.00°N, 8.00°WGreseuse — 43.52°N, 3.27°ECystoid Limestone — 41.00°N, 1.00°WBullung Siltstone — 37.30°S, 146.00°E

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The named rock units Leptestiina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 19 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Leptestiina and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Leptestiina and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

725 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 72 sites for Leptestiina, and this reads all 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

36 references

Each of the 73 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. 24 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

Media content0

No picture of Leptestiina 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 Leptestiina, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Leptestiina 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. (Opik 1933)