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Acanthoparypha

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Acanthoparypha was named by Whittington and Evitt (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Acanthoparypha perforata.

It was assigned to Acanthoparyphinae by Whittington and Evitt (1953); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Acanthoparypha Whittington and Evitt pp. 72-73
2002Acanthoparypha Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acanthoparypha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyAcanthoparyphinae
genusAcanthoparypha

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. †Acanthoparypha Whittington and Evitt 1953
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†Acanthoparypha chiropyga Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Acanthoparypha echinoderma Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
†Acanthoparypha evitti Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
†Acanthoparypha goniopyga Ludvigsen 1979
†Acanthoparypha perforata Whittington and Evitt 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:42:06
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:32:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Harnagian to the top of the Edenian or 458.40000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) A. echinoderma (26055) A. evitti (25934 25935 26057) A. evitti, A. echinoderma (24621 25932 25933 26054) A. sp. (315)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) A. sp. (103002 103004)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) A. evitti (102479)
Chazyan - Caradoc470.0 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. (25308 25309 25310)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (182196)
Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Ireland A. sp. (50607)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (Virginia) A. sp. (178242)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) A. sp. (76338 105203)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) A. perforata (73341 73345)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) A. chiropyga (73340) A. perforata (73343 73344 105255)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. evetti (23797)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. evetti (23796)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. goniopyga (24635)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. evetti (23277)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Pseudosphaerexochus subcircularis (154952)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. (25313 25314 25315 25316 25317 25318)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Pseudosphaerexochus subcircularis (89024)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) A. goniopyga (24636 192139)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. goniopyga (192143)