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Lepidocrania tardispinosa

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Lepidocrania tardispinosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 152582a, a valve, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Lepidocrania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Lepidocrania tardispinosa Cooper and Grant pp. 247-248 figs. Pl 27, fig 1; pl 29, figs 1-19; pl 30, fig 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusLepidocrania
speciestardispinosa

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.

†Lepidocrania tardispinosa Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height152.531.304.602.401.08

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:22:18
Modified: 2005-02-03 09:29:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Lepidocrania tardispinosa (43491 43495 43504 43517 101785 105938 105940 105981)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Lepidocrania tardispinosa (43554 type locality: 43563 101782 101783 101807 102603 102604 102610 102615 102621 105805 105874)