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Lepidocaris

Branchiopoda - Anostraca

Taxonomy
Lepidocaris was named by Scourfield (1926). It is not extant. Its type is Lepidocaris rhyniensis.

It was assigned to Anostraca by Hegna et al. (2020).

Species
L. rhyniensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Lepidocaris Scourfield
2020Lepidocaris Hegna et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
orderAnostracaSars 1867
genusLepidocarisScourfield 1926

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. †Lepidocaris Scourfield 1926
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†Lepidocaris rhyniensis Scourfield 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) L. rhyniensis (10721)