†family Lepidocoleidae Clarke 1896 (scale worm)

Polychaeta - Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae

Parent taxon: Cuniculepadida according to L. A. Parry et al. 2019

See also Adrain 1992

Sister taxon: Turrilepadidae

Subtaxa: Lepidocoleus

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Morocco (5)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Alaska, New York, Tennessee)

• Arenig of France (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (4), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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