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Acerocare

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Acerocare was named by Angelin (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. Its type is Acerocare ecorne.

It was assigned to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. ecorne (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Acerocare Angelin
2002Acerocare Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acerocare Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAcerocareAngelin 1954

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.

G. †Acerocare Angelin 1954
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Acerocare ecorne Angelin 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 12:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Niuchehean to the top of the Tremadoc or 491.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Norway (Naersnes) A. ecorne (156946) A. tullbergi, A. ecorne (156945)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden A. sp. (3108)