{"id":4621,"date":"2014-01-10T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4621"},"modified":"2016-09-26T23:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T03:01:13","slug":"lepadocystis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/echinodermata\/rhombifera\/dichoporita\/callocystitidae\/lepadocystis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lepadocystis<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Echinodermata<\/a>
\nClass: Rhombifera<\/a>
\nOrder: Dichoporita <\/a>
\nFamily: Callocystitidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Lepadocystis<\/em> Carpenter, 1891
\nCincinnatian Species: Lepadocystis moorei <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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  • 1879 Lepadocrinus<\/em> Zittel (part), Handb. Pal, 1, p. 421<\/li>\n
  • 1889 Lepadocrinus<\/em> Miller (part), N. A. Geol. Pal., p. 257.<\/li>\n
  • 1891 Lepadocystis<\/em> Carpenter, Linn. Soc. Jour. Zool., 24, p. 10.<\/li>\n
  • 1899 Meekocystis<\/em> Jaekel, Stammeages. Pelmat., 1, Thecoidea u. Cystoidea, Berlin, p. 277.<\/li>\n
  • 1900 Lepadocystis<\/em> Bather, Treatise on Zoology, pt. 3, Echinodermata, p. 61.<\/li>\n
  • 1908 Lepadocrinus<\/em> Cumings, 32d Ann. Rep. Dep. Geol. Nat. Res. Indiana, p. 714.<\/li>\n
  • 1914 Lepadocystis<\/em> Foerste, Bull. Sci. Lab. Denison Univ., 17, p. 458.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Geologic Range<\/strong>
    \nLate Ordovician<\/p>\n

    Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
    \nLepadocystis<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

    Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    • Characterized by subovate theca<\/li>\n
    • Open radial circlet<\/li>\n
    • Five short ambulacra<\/li>\n
    • Theca subovate to ellipsoidal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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