Lepidocystis
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| Lepidocystis Temporal range: | |
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| A diagram of the upper portion of the echinoderm Lepidocystis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | †Eocrinoidea |
| Order: | †Imbricata |
| Family: | †Lepidocystidae |
| Genus: | †Lepidocystis |
Lepidocystis is a Palaeozoic genus of imbricate lepidocystoid eocrinoid, closely related to Kinzercystis.[1][2] It bore a stalk, with which it attached to firm substrates;[3] and brachioles arising as lateral branches from its arms.[4]
It is only known from the late Botomian = Cambrian Series 2 Kinzers Formation.[5]
