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Lepidocentridae

Echinoidea - Lepidocentridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Lepidocentridae Lovén
1966Lepidocentridae Kier p. U304
2001Lepidocentridae Boczarowski p. 87
2005Lepidocentridae Schneider et al. p. 753

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
familyLepidocentridaeLovén 1874
familyLepidocentridaeLovén 1874

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. †Lepidocentridae Lovén 1874
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G. †Albertechinus Stearn 1956
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†Albertechinus devonicus Boczarowski 2001
†Albertechinus montanus Stearn 1956
G. †Elliptechinus Schneider et al. 2005
G. †Eothuria
G. †Kongielechinus Jesionek-Szymanska 1979
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†Kongielechinus magnituberculatus Jesionek-Szymanska 1979
G. †Lepidechinoides Olsson 1912
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G. †Lepidechinus Hall 1861
G. †Lepidocentrus Müller 1857
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†Lepidocentrus eifelianus Müller 1857
†Lepidocentrus rhenanus Beyrich 1857
G. †Palaeodiscus Salter 1857
G. †Pholidechinus Jackson 1912
G. †Porechinus Dehm 1961
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†Porechinus porosus Dehm 1961
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: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Kasimovian or 448.80000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Aulechinus grayae, Ectinechinus lamonti (73134)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom Lepidocentrus sp. (99380)
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.62United Kingdom Palaeodiscus ferox (95143)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Porechinus porosus (230899)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Lepidocentrus sp. (238133)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Poland (Kielecki) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (94468 94469)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Kongielechinus magnituberculatus (94473 94475 94476 94506) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus, Kongielechinus magnituberculatus, Lepidocentrus rhenanus (94477 94478 94479)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Lepidocentrus sp. (235201)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Lepidocentrus sp. (235975)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) Lepidocentrus sp. (5767)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (94474 94480 94481 94482 94483 94484 94485)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany Lepidocentrus muelleri (144259 144264)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99433 99434)
Middle Givetian - Late/Upper Givetian385.9 - 382.31Poland Albertechinus devonicus (99466)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Lepidocentrus sp. (75585)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland Albertechinus devonicus (83081 83086 99435 99464 99471) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82667 82739 83084 99474)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99449)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99467)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (75516)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland Albertechinus devonicus (75494 83079) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82904 82907)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian382.31 - 375.2Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82612)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82610)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99450)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99442 99443 99444)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian379.0 - 372.15Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99477)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Lepidechinoides sp. (99430)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Poland Lepidocentridae indet. (216786)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Elliptechinus kiwiaster (66108)