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Acastellina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastellina was named by Richter and Richter (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1106].

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Acastellina Richter and Richter
2002Acastellina Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acastellina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusAcastellinaRichter and Richter 1975

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Acastellina Richter and Richter 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. sp. (188762 188763)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. sp. (188765)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. sp. (188764)