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Acrocephalops

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Bolaspididae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalops was named by Poulson (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-l Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Acrocephalops Poulson
2002Acrocephalops Jell and Adrain p. 337
2002Acrocephalops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyBolaspididaeHowell and Moore 1959
genusAcrocephalopsPoulson 1927

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. †Acrocephalops Poulson 1927
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Acrocephalops nitida Resser 1935
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: 2010-01-07 00:11:17
Modified: 2010-01-07 02:11:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Merioneth or 509.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho/ Utah) A. gracilis (218)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Arizona) A. sp. (205)