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Lepidocentrus
Taxonomy
Lepidocentrus was named by Müller (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi C Vise Sepkoski's reference number: 577,956,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Lepidocentrus eifelianus. It is the type genus of Lepidocentridae.
It was assigned to Lepidocentridae by Kier (1966) and Boczarowski (2001); and to Echinocystitoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Lepidocentridae by Kier (1966) and Boczarowski (2001); and to Echinocystitoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
L. eifelianus (type species), L. rhenanus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Lepidocentrus Müller |
| 1966 | Lepidocentrus Kier p. U304 |
| 2001 | Lepidocentrus Boczarowski p. 93 |
| 2002 | Lepidocentrus Sepkoski |
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G. †Lepidocentrus Müller 1857
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†Lepidocentrus eifelianus Müller 1857
†Lepidocentrus rhenanus Beyrich 1857
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Boczarowski 2001 | The ambulacral plates with uniserial pore pairs, all in contact with interambulacrum, adoral plates similar to adapical; interambulacrum wide, with many regular columns and small, perforate primary tubercles. |