The diploporite blastozoan Lepidocalix pulcher from the Middle Ordovician of northern Algeria: Taxonomic revision and palaeoecological implications

The diploporite blastozoan Lepidocalix pulcher from the Middle Ordovician of northern Algeria: Taxonomic revision and palaeoecological implications

We present revision of the taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Ordovician aristocystitid Lepidocalix pulcher from the Zaouïa of Stita (Great Kabylia, Algeria). An emended diagnosis is proposed, highlighting the four-fold ambulacral system and the typical thecal plating organised in circlets. Lepidocal...

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Main Authors: Yamouna Makhlouf, Bertrand Lefebvre, Elise Nardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2017-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Echinodermata
Diploporita
taxonomy
palaeoecology
Ordovician
Algeria
Stita
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app62/app002862016.pdf

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