Echinoidea - Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Full reference: J. Müller. 1857. Über neue Echinodermen aus dem Eifeler Kalk. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaft Berlin, Physik-Mathematik Klasse 1856:243-268
Parent taxon: Lepidocentridae according to A. Boczarowski 2001
See also Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albertechinus, Aulechinus, Deneechinus, Ectinechinus, Elliptechinus, Eothuria, Kongielechinus, Koninckocidaris, Lepidechinoides, Lepidechinus, Myriastiches, Palaeodiscus, Pholidechinus, Porechinus
Subtaxa: Lepidocentrus eifelianus Lepidocentrus rhenanus
Type: Lepidocentrus eifelianus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (6), Poland (3)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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