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Lepacyclotes ellipticus

Taxonomy
Lepacyclotes ellipticus was named by Emmons (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ellington's, Rhynie Wicker's property, which is in a Triassic terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Lepacyclotes ellipticus Emmons p. 332
1919Lepacyclotes ellipticus Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusLepacyclotes
RankNameAuthor
speciesellipticus

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.

†Lepacyclotes ellipticus Emmons 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (North Carolina) Lepacyclotes ellipticus (type locality: 202497)