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Lepidesthidae

Echinoidea - Echinocystitoida - Lepidesthidae

Taxonomy
Lepidesthidae was named by Jackson (1896). It is not extant. Its type is Lepidesthes.

It was assigned to Echinocystitoida by Kier (1966) and Boczarowski (2001).

Subtaxa
Lepidesthes (type genus), Meekechinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Lepidesthidae Jackson
1966Lepidesthidae Kier p. U303
2001Lepidesthidae Boczarowski p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
orderEchinocystitoida
familyLepidesthidaeJackson 1896
familyLepidesthidaeJackson 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. †Lepidesthidae Jackson 1896
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Lepidesthes devonicans Whidborne 1896
G. †Meekechinus Jackson 1912
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Meekechinus elegans Jackson 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:40:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:43:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Asselian or 407.60000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Poland (Kielecki) Meekechinus sp. (94468 94469)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Meekechinus sp. (99449)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (Devon) Lepidesthes devonicans (232976)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Meekechinus elegans (110407)