Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Synonyms: Dearbornia Walcott 1908, Glyptacrothele, Glyptacrothrele , Redlichella
Parent taxon: Acrothelinae according to D. L. Bruton and D. A. T. Harper 2000
See also Bengtson 1992, Henningsmoen 1952, Puura and Holmer 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Orbithele, Schizopholis, Spinulothele
Subtaxa: Acrothele (Redlichella) Acrothele affinis Acrothele artemis Acrothele bellapunctata Acrothele bellula Acrothele bergeroni Acrothele borgholmensis Acrothele concava Acrothele coriacea Acrothele decipiens Acrothele dichotoma Acrothele levisensis Acrothele minuta Acrothele primaeva Acrothele rarus Acrothele sougyi Acrothele speciosa Acrothele spinulosa Acrothele subsidua Acrothele turneri Acrothele woodworthi Acrothele yorkensis Dearbornia clarki
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of China (1), Sweden (2)
• Solvan of Kazakhstan (1), Sweden (1)
• Amgan of the Czech Republic (1), Norway (1)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
• Delamaran of Canada (4: British Columbia), Mexico (3), United States (5: Idaho, Montana, Nevada)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (8), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (2), France (1), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mauritania (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (2), Spain (3), Sweden (2), United States (14: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
• Caerfai of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 68 collections including 77 occurrences
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