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Leptaena
Genus of paleozoic brachiopods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leptaena is an extinct genus of mid-sized brachiopod that existed from the Dariwilian epoch to the Emsian epoch,[1][2] though some specimens have been found in strata as late in age as the Tournasian epoch.[1][3] Like some other Strophomenids, Lepteana were epifaunal, meaning they lived on top of the seafloor, not buried within it, and were suspension feeders.[4]
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Leptaena rhomboidalis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Strophomenida |
Family: | †Rafinesquinidae |
Subfamily: | †Leptaeninae |
Genus: | †Leptaena Dalman, 1828 |
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Leptaena rugosa Dalman, 1828 | |
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