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Lepidocystis wanneri

Lepidocystoidea - Lepidocystidae

Taxonomy
Lepidocystis wanneri was named by Foerste (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 90773 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM locality 8x, 2 miles north of york, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Lepidocystis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lepidocystis wanneri Foerste pp. 212-213 figs. pl. 2, figs. 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classLepidocystoideaDurham 1967
familyLepidocystidaeDurham 1967
genusLepidocystisFoerste 1938
specieswanneriFoerste 1938

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.

†Lepidocystis wanneri Foerste 1938
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Diagnosis
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