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Lepidesthes devonicans

Echinoidea - Echinocystitoida - Lepidesthidae

Taxonomy
Lepidesthes devonicans was named by Whidborne (1896). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Lepidesthes devonicans Whidborne

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
orderEchinocystitoida
familyLepidesthidaeJackson 1896
genusLepidesthes
speciesdevonicansWhidborne 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.

†Lepidesthes devonicans Whidborne 1896
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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, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (Devon) Lepidesthes devonicans (232976)