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Lepidocyclus ✝

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Lepidocyclus perlamellosa

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Lepidocyclus perlamellosa

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Lepidocyclus perlamellosa

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865990	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865990
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28651	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28651

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Lepidocyclus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Rhynchotrematoidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Rhynchotrematidae	Schuchert 1913
subfamily	Lepidocyclinae	Cooper 1956
genus	Lepidocyclus	Wang 1949

Scientific Name

Lepidocyclus Wang, 1949

Name Published In

Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 42

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lepidocyclus	genus	belongs to Rhynchotrematidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Lepidocyclus	genus	belongs to Lepidocyclinae	stated with evidence	Amsden, 1983
Lepidocyclus	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

439 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Rhynchotrematidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchotrematidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lepidocyclus cooperi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus erectus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus laddi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus manniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus notatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lepidocyclus oblongus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus perlamellosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lepidocyclus rectangularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus rowleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1949	Lepidocyclus Wang
1970	Lepidocyclus Macomber
1983	Lepidocyclus Amsden p. 37
2002	Lepidocyclus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Lepidocyclus Williams et al. p. 1050

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

Amsden T. W. (1983) The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus, Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 132, 36-44

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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