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Lepidocalix
Taxonomy
Lepidocalix is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Lepidocalix pulchrum.
It was assigned to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calicinae by Makhlouf et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calicinae by Makhlouf et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Lepidocalix Sepkoski |
2017 | Lepidocalix Makhlouf et al. p. 303 |
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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.
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Y. Makhlouf et al. 2017 | Calicinae with an elongate theca composed of abundant, thin, and small thecal plates organised in circlets. Primary plates bear up to three dipores, while secondary and tertiary plates, one tubercular diplopore. Relatively small and elongate peristome connected to two main ambulacral rays subdivided once laterally. Ambulacral rays and peristome covered by two series of polygonal cover plates. Periproct restricted to an anal pyramid composed of triangular plates. Slit-like hydropore located between the peristome and the periproct in the CD interray |