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Lepidocystoidea

Lepidocystoidea

Taxonomy
Lepidocystoidea was named by Durham (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Crinozoa by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Blastozoa by Nardin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Lepidocystoidea Beaver et al. p. S52
1967Lepidocystoidea Durham p. S631
2017Lepidocystoidea Nardin et al. pp. 673 - 674

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classLepidocystoideaDurham 1967
classLepidocystoideaDurham 1967

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.

Cl. †Lepidocystoidea Durham 1967
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Fm. †Felbabkacystidae Nardin et al. 2017
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G. †Felbabkacystis Nardin et al. 2017
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Felbabkacystis luckae Nardin et al. 2017
Fm. †Lepidocystidae Durham 1967
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G. †Kinzercystis Sprinkle 1973
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Kinzercystis durhami Sprinkle 1973
G. †Lepidocystis Foerste 1938
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Lepidocystis wanneri Foerste 1938
G. †Vyscystis Fatka and Kordule 1990
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Vyscystis ubaghsi Fatka and Kordule 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Nardin et al. 2017‘Calyx-bearing’ blastozoans. Oral disc made of numerous adjacent plates, with simple sutural pores along their sutures; anal pyramid, hydropore-gonopore located in the ‘CD’ interradius in the oral disc. Ambulacral system confined to oral disc, consisting of a central, covered mouth, several radially arranged ambulacral grooves embedded into the oral surface, and numerous straight or coiled biserial brachioles alternately arranged alongside each ambulacral groove. Aboral cup cone- shaped or elongated into a cylindrical stalk, and composed of numerous imbricate plates.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Marjumian or 515.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Lepidocystis wanneri (192 11110 90645 226193) Lepidocystis wanneri, Kinzercystis durhami (90622)
Dyeran - Delamaran515.3 - 506.5USA (Pennsylvania) Lepidocystis sp. (226183)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Středočeský kraj) Vyscystis ubaghsi (193781 201602)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Litavka) Vyscystis sp. (76455)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Czech Republic (Středočeský) Felbabkacystis luckae, Vyscystis ubaghsi (186256 186257)