Genus

Leptaena Dalman, 1828

Selection of related publications

Hints, L., Harper, D. A. T. 2015. The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60, 2, 395-420. DOI:10.4202/app.2013.0010

Rubel, M. 2011. Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia. Fossilia Baltica 4, pp. 1-133. Tartu Ülikooli geoloogia instituut.

Cocks, L. R. M. 2005. Strophomenate Brachiopods from the late Ordovician Boda Limestone of Sweden: their systematics and implications for palaeogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 30, 3, 243-282. DOI:10.1017/S1477201905001616

Hoel, O. A. 2005. Silurian Leptaeninae (Brachiopoda) of Gotland, Sweden. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 79, 2, 263-284. DOI:10.1007/BF02990188

Rõõmusoks, A. 2004. Ordovician strophomenoid brachiopods of northern Estonia. Fossilia Baltica 3, pp. 1-151. Tartu Ülikooli geoloogia Instituut.

Rõõmusoks, A. 1989. Über die Divergenz der Leptaenidae (Brachiopoda) in der Viru-und Harju-zeit in Baltoscandia. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Geoloogia / Известия Академии наук Эстонской ССР. Геология 38, 3, 112-117. DOI:10.3176/geol.1989.3.03

Bassett, M. G., Cocks, L. R. M. 1974. A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56.

Rybnikova, M. V. 1966. Brachiopods Strophomenida of the Upper Silurian deposits of Latvia. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Baltic and the Byelorussia. Number I, pp. 75-95. Mintis.

Oraspõld, A. L. 1956. New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages. ENSV TA Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused I, 41-67.

Öpik, A. 1930. Brachiopoda Protremata der estländischen ordovizischen Kukruse-Stufe. Tartu Ülikooli Geoloogia Instituudi Toimetused 20, 1-261.

List of species

1. Leptaena (Leptaena) acuta (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Idavere Substage

2. Leptaena (Leptaena) acuteplicata (Schmidt, 1908) | Porkuni Stage

3. Leptaena (Leptaena) altera Rybnikova, 1966 | Jaani Stage→Jaagarahu Stage

4. Leptaena (Leptaena) crassorugata (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Nabala Stage

5. Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1824) | Adavere Stage→Jaani Stage

6. Leptaena (Leptaena) ennessbe Spjeldnaes, 1957 | Haljala Stage→Oandu Stage

7. Leptaena (Leptaena) fluviatilis Oraspõld, 1956 | Keila Stage

8. Leptaena (Leptaena) friedrichi (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Porkuni Stage

9. Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis Bancroft, 1949 | Juuru Stage→Raikküla Stage

10. Leptaena (Leptaena) inaequalis (Rõõmusoks, 1989) | Idavere Substage→Jõhvi Substage

11. Leptaena (Leptaena) indigena Spjeldnaes, 1957

12. Leptaena (Leptaena) ingrica (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Oandu Stage

13. Leptaena (Leptaena) laterorugata (Rõõmusoks, 1989) | Keila Stage

14. Leptaena (Leptaena) palmrei (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Oandu Stage

15. Leptaena (Leptaena) paucirugata (Rõõmusoks, 1989) | Vormsi Stage

16. Leptaena (Leptaena) pertenuis (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Pirgu Stage→Porkuni Stage

17. Leptaena (Leptaena) planitia (Rõõmusoks, 2004) | Pirgu Stage→Porkuni Stage

18. Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea Cocks, 1968 | Adavere Stage→Jaagarahu Stage

19. Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg, 1818) | Jaani Stage→Kaugatuma Stage

20. Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosa Dalman, 1828 | Upper Ordovician

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Brachiopoda
Subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea
Class	Strophomenata
Order	Strophomenida
Superfamily	Strophomenoidea
Family	Rafinesquinidae
Subfamily	Leptaeninae
Supergenus	Kiaeromena
Genus	Bekkeromena
	Harjumena
	Lepidoleptaena
	Leptaena
Subgenus	(Leptaena)
	(Septomena)
	(Ygdrasilomena)
Species	bohemica
	candata
	parvirugata
	venzavensis
	wesenbergensis
Genus	Leptaenopoma
	Leptagonia