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
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (6)
• Taoyuanian of the Russian Federation (4)
• Delamaran of United States (1: California)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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