Lepidocystis

Lepidocystis
Temporal range:
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. It bore a stalk, with which it attached to firm substrates; and brachioles arising as lateral branches from its arms.

It is only known from the late Botomian = Cambrian Series 2 Kinzers Formation.

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