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Lepidesthidae
Taxonomy
Lepidesthidae was named by Jackson (1896). It is not extant. Its type is Lepidesthes.
It was assigned to Echinocystitoida by Kier (1966), Boczarowski (2001).
It was assigned to Echinocystitoida by Kier (1966), Boczarowski (2001).
Subtaxa
Lepidesthes (type genus), Meekechinus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Lepidesthidae Jackson |
| 1966 | Lepidesthidae Kier p. U303 |
| 2001 | Lepidesthidae Boczarowski p. 86 |
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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. †Lepidesthidae Jackson 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | Poland (Kielecki) | Meekechinus sp. (94468 94469) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | Meekechinus sp. (99449) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | United Kingdom (Devon) | Lepidesthes devonicans (232976) | |
| Asselian | USA (Kansas) | Meekechinus elegans (110407) |