Family

Leptostrophiidae Caster, 1939

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.

Hoel, O. A. 2011. Strophomenidae, Leptostrophiidae, Strophodontidae and Shaleriidae (Brachiopoda, Strophomenida) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85, 2, 201-229. DOI:10.1007/s12542-010-0088-3

Kaljo, D., Hints, L., Männik, P., Nõlvak, J. 2008. The succession of Hirnantian events based on data from Baltica: brachiopods, chitinozoans, conodonts, and carbon isotopes. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 57, 4, 197-218. DOI:10.3176/earth.2008.4.01

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

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

Rõõmusoks, A. 1993. A review of Estonian Ordovician rafinesquinids (Brachiopoda, Strophomenacea). Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology 42, 4, 160-166. DOI:10.3176/geol.1993.4.03

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.

List of species

1. Brachyprion (Brachyprion) semiglobosa (Davidson, 1871) | Adavere Stage→Jaagarahu Stage

2. Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti (Lindström, 1861) | Llandovery→Wenlock

3. Brachyprion ? kurzemensis Rybnikova, 1966 | Ludlow

4. Brachyprion costatula (Barrande, 1879)

5. Eostropheodonta delicata Baarli, 1995 | Juuru Stage→Raikküla Stage

6. Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (McCoy, 1851) | Upper Ordovician

7. Eostropheodonta luna (Lindström, 1880) | Upper Ordovician

8. Eostropheodonta martnai (Rõõmusoks, 1993) | Porkuni Stage

9. Eostropheodonta parvicostellata Rong, 1984 | Upper Ordovician

10. Eostropheodonta schmalenseei (Bergström, 1968) | Hirnantian

11. Mesoleptostrophia (Mesoleptostrophia) filosa (Sowerby, 1839) | Wenlock→Ludlow

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Brachiopoda
Subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea
Class	Strophomenata
Order	Strophomenida
Superfamily	Strophomenoidea
Family	Amphistrophiidae
	Christianiidae
	Eopholidostrophiidae
	Foliomenidae
	Glyptomenidae
	Leptaenoideidae
	Leptostrophiidae
Genus	Brachyprion
	Eostropheodonta
	Mesoleptostrophia
Family	Rafinesquinidae
	Shaleriidae
	Strophodontidae
	Strophomenidae
	Strophonellidae