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Acastella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastella was named by Reed (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-l D Sieg-l].

It was reranked as Phacops (Acastella) by Reed (1925); it was reranked as Acaste (Acastella) by Richter and Richter (1954).

It was assigned to Phacops by Reed (1925); to Acaste by Richter and Richter (1954); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Acastella Reed
1925Phacops (Acastella) Reed
1954Acaste (Acastella) Richter and Richter p. 73
2002Acastella Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acastella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusAcastellaReed 1925

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. †Acastella Reed 1925
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†Acastella artesia Richter and Richter 1954
†Acastella granulosa Hollard 1963
†Acastella heberti Gosselet 1880
†Acastella heberti elsana Richter and Richter 1954
†Acastella hollardi Gandl 1972
†Acastella jacquemonti Hollard 1963
†Acastella patula Hollard 1963
†Acastella rouaulti Tromelin and Lebesconte 1876
†Acastella spinosa Salter 1864
†Acastella tiro Richter and Richter 1954
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Siegen or 425.60000 to 409.10000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) A. spinosa (479)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Poland (Lysogory Region) A. spinosa (229366)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2Poland A. spinosa (229386)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2France A. sp. (26114)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland A. prima, A. spinosa (23040) A. sp. (146000 146006) A. spinosa (13883)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine A. prima, A. spinosa (13874) A. sp. (23360)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Poland A. sp. (13877 13889)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Ukraine A. heberti (23488)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Algeria Acaste spinosa (27210 27456) A. patula (27201)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Morocco Acaste spinosa (27401 27403) A. heberti (27390)
Kuressaare421.3 - 419.2Latvia A. prima (13729)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine A. prima, A. heberti (13875)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria Acaste spinosa (27171) A. jacquemonti (27474) A. jacquemonti, Acaste spinosa, A. granulosa (27473) A. jacquemonti, A. heberti (27166) A. sp. (27175 27184)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine A. dnestroviana, A. tiro, A. heberti (23362) A. heberta, A. sp. (23361) A. heberta, A. tiro (23444) A. heberty (46578) A. tiro (46579) A. trio (13876)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco A. patula (221411) A. patula, A. tiro, A. jacquemonti, A. heberti (13936) A. roualti (27386) A. sp. (27467) A. tanzidensis, A. levis, A. rouaulti, A. granulosa (13938)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Belarus A. sp. (23671)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain (Palencia) A. jacquemonti, A. latimarginata (40347)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Acastava patula (146002 146008) Acastava roualti, Acastava patula (145993) A. sp. (13891 145992) A. sp., A. elsana (13886) A. sp., A. heberti (13881 145997) A. sp., A. roualti, A. patula (145998) A. sp., A. tiro (13887) A. sp., A. tiro, A. elsana (13878 13890) A. tiro (23019) A. tiro, A. elsana (146007)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8France A. artesia (26121) A. sp. (26115 26117 26118)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) A. sp. (7196 182206)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8New Zealand A. sp. (40534)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain A. heberti (13922 13923) A. tanzidensis, A. tiro, A. jacquemonti (13925)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Poland A. sp. (13879)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain A. tiro (234795)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain (León) A. tiro (234796)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain (Léon) A. crenulata, A. latimarginata (234790)
Late/Upper Lochkovian - Siegen414.0 - 409.1Spain A. sp. P, A. rouaulti, A. hollardi, A. tiro, A. latimarginata (40504)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Algeria Acaste spinosa (27172)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Mayenne) A. sp. (6043 6044 6076 6078 6080 6083)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) A. frontosa (25713)