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Lepadocystis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)30975https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30975
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Callocystitidae : Lepadocystis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumBlastozoaSprinkle 1973
classRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoidaBather 1899
familyCallocystitidaeBernard 1895
genusLepadocystisCarpenter 1891
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lepadocystisgenusbelongs to Echinodermatastated without evidenceDecker, 1931
Lepadocystisgenusbelongs to Rhombiferasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Lepadocystisgenusbelongs to Callocystitidaestated with evidencePaul and Rozhnov, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Rhombifera)
Visionblind (based on Rhombifera)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhombifera)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lepadocystis moorei
species
listed (PBDB)1461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1891Lepadocystis Carpenter
1931Lepadocystites Decker
2002Lepadocystis Sepkoski, Jr.
2016Lepadocystis Paul and Rozhnov p. 266

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Paul C. R. C., Rozhnov S. V. (2016) Revision of Scoliocystis (Rhombifera: Echinoencrinitidae) and related cystoid genera, Paleontological Journal 50 3, 255-275 doi:10.1134/S0031030116030059
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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