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Acanthocrania intermedia

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocrania intermedia was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 151440c, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. erecta, A. granulosa, A. laevis, A. oklahomensis, A. psammophora, A. spinosa, A. subquadrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Acanthocrania intermedia Cooper and Grant p. 243 figs. Pl 27, figs 4-10; pl 30, figs 25-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusAcanthocraniaWilliams 1943
speciesintermedia

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.

†Acanthocrania intermedia Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available