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Lepidocoleidae

Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Lepidocoleidae

Taxonomy
Lepidocoleidae was named by Clarke (1896).

It was assigned to Lepidocoleomorpha by Adrain (1992); and to Cuniculepadida by Parry et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Lepidocoleus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Lepidocoleidae Clarke
1992Lepidocoleidae Adrain p. 27
2019Lepidocoleidae Parry et al. p. 4 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
RankNameAuthor
subclassAciculataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderPhyllodocidaDales 1962
suborderAphroditiformiaLevinsen 1883
—Machaeridia
—CuniculepadidaParry et al. 2014
familyLepidocoleidaeClarke 1896
familyLepidocoleidaeClarke 1896

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Lepidocoleidae Clarke 1896
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G. †Lepidocoleus Faber 1886
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†Lepidocoleus jamesi Hall and Whitfield 1875
†Lepidocoleus kuangguoduni Gügel et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:29:35
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:29:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Eifelian or 470.00000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Lepidocoleus sp. (20826)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Lepidocoleus jamesi (181523)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden Lepidocoleus sp. (380)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) Lepidocoleus suecicus (76077 76079 76080)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (New York) Lepidocoleus jamesi (340)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Sweden (Skania) Lepidocoleus sp. (2770)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Sweden (Skane) Lepidocoleus sularpensis (80104)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lepidocoleus jamesi (219965)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Lepidocoleus sp. (440)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (383 384 386)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) Lepidocoleus jamesi (173252)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Lepidocoleus sp. (72714 72717)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (389 390)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) Lepidocoleus sp. (151986 151988)
Kralodvorian - Hirnantian449.8 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Lepidocoleus sp. (151987 151989)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (367 73035)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Sweden Lepidocoleus sp. (2773)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (England) Lepidocoleus suecicus (43780)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Alaska) Lepidocoleus britannicus (99507)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom Lepidocoleus sp. (99376)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Tennessee) Lepidocoleus sp. (26817)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Lepidocoleus reinhardi (491)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Lepidocoleus rugatus (150334 150363 150506 150508 150580)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Lepidocoleus indet. (25063)