Acrocephalites Wallerius 1895 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Synonym: Acantholenus Matthew 1898

Parent taxon: Acrocephalitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Mason 1935 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrocephalella, Acrodirotes, Asturiaspis, Brutaspis, Cermataspis, Decus, Diceratocephalina, Ijacephalus, Mansiella, Pseudacrocephalaspina

Subtaxa: Acrocephalites borealicus Acrocephalites glomeratus Acrocephalites insignis Acrocephalites majus Acrocephalites militans Acrocephalites multisegmentus Acrocephalites redivivus Acrocephalites reductus Acrocephalites tutus

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (10), United States (1: California)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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