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Acheilus monile

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Acheilus monile was named by Fortey (1983). Its type specimen is ROM 42271, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. confossus, A. laevis, A. oklahomensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Acheilus monile Fortey p. 188 figs. Pl. 24, fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusAcheilus
speciesmonile

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.

†Acheilus monile Fortey 1983
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Acheilus monile (105870 105871)