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Lepidocycloides

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Lepidocycloides was named by Nikiforova and Andreeva (1961). Its type is Lepidocycloides baikiticus.

It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rostricellulinae by Jin and Chatterton (1997), Williams et al. (2002) and Jakobsen et al. (2014).

Species
L. baikiticus (type species), L. ponderosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Lepidocycloides Nikiforova and Andreeva
1997Lepidocycloides Jin and Chatterton
2002Lepidocycloides Sepkoski
2002Lepidocycloides Williams et al. p. 1065
2014Lepidocycloides Jakobsen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchotrematoideaSchuchert 1913
familyTrigonirhynchiidaeMcLaren 1965
subfamilyRostricellulinaeRozman 1969
genusLepidocycloidesNikiforova and Andreeva 1961

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.

G. †Lepidocycloides Nikiforova and Andreeva 1961
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Lepidocycloides baikiticus Nikiforova and Andreeva 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available