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Lepidocrania sublamellosa

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Lepidocrania sublamellosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 151406a, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Lepidocrania sublamellosa Cooper and Grant p. 247 figs. Pl 29, figs 20-40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusLepidocrania
speciessublamellosa

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.

Lepidocrania sublamellosa Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height63.072.204.003.150.674

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:22:18
Modified: 2005-02-03 09:29:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Lepidocrania sublamellosa (43548 type locality: 43553 81645 101767 102602 102614 105726 106021 106109)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28USA (Texas) Lepidocrania sublamellosa (106147)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Lepidocrania sublamellosa (43550 81695 105821)