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Acrocoelites

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Acrocoelites Sepkoski
2014Acrocoelites Pinard et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusAcrocoelites

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.

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Subg. †Acrocoelites (Acrocoelites) Lissajous 1915
†Acrocoelites bobeti Lissajous 1927
†Acrocoelites brevisulcatus Quenstedt 1848
†Acrocoelites conoideus Oppel 1856
†Acrocoelites ilminstrensis Phillips 1867
†Acrocoelites levidensis Simpson 1855
†Acrocoelites oxyconus Hehl 1831
†Acrocoelites pyramidalis Munster 1831
†Acrocoelites riegrafi Doyle 1992
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Invalid names: Belemnites longiconus Schwegler 1969 [replaced]
†Acrocoelites rostriformis Theodori 1837
†Acrocoelites subtenuis Simpson 1855
†Acrocoelites tripartitus von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Mesoteuthis banzensis Kolb 1942 [synonym]
†Acrocoelites vulgaris Young and Bird 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Tithonian or 182.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) A. ilminstrensis, A. pyramidalis (51267)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) A. sp. (154228)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France A. spp. (161636) A. spp., A. ilminstrensis, A. subtenuis (161640) A. subtenuis (161637)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany A. subgracilis (59433)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Canada (British Columbia) A. oxyconus (53209)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg A. glaber, A. sp., A. levidensis, A. riegrafi, A. vulgaris (141382) A. sp., A. levidensis (141380)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6France A. levidensis (161643 161648 161654) A. spp. (161649 161650) A. spp., A. ilminstrensis (161641) A. spp., A. levidensis (161644 161652) A. spp., A. oxyconus (161642) A. spp., A. oxyconus, A. pyramidalis, A. vulgaris (161647)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany A. sp. (59432) A. sp., A. subgracilis (59431) A. suprapalatinus, A. pyramidalis (59428)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. sp. (204111 204112)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg A. sp. (141384 141385) A. sp., A. levidensis, A. riegrafi (141383)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6France A. spp. (161666) A. vulgaris (161664)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany A. quenstedti (59454)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France A. bobeti (161683) A. bobeti, A. tripartitus (161681) A. conoideus (161693) A. pyramidalis, A. rostriformis (161680) A. spp., A. bobeti (161685) A. spp., A. brevisulcatus, A. pyramidalis, A. rostriformis, A. inaequistriatus (161668) A. spp., A. pyramidalis (161669 161671 161676) A. spp., A. pyramidalis, A. rostriformis (161677) A. tripartitus (161690)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. sp. (204109)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Luxembourg A. sp. (141388 141389)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3France A. rostriformis (51501)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany A. conoideus (59492) A. curtus (59466) A. quenstedti (59472 59473 59474 59477) A. tripartitus (59463)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (55969)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (55974)