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Acastoides

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastoides was named by Delo (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Acasta (Acastoides) by Richter and Richter (1939).

It was assigned to Acasta by Richter and Richter (1939); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Acastoides Delo
1939Acasta (Acastoides) Richter and Richter
2002Acastoides Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acastoides 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
genusAcastoidesDelo 1935

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. †Acastoides Delo 1935
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Subg. †Acastoides (Acastoides) Delo 1935
†Acastoides haddadi Chatterton et al. 2006
†Acastoides hollardi Alberti 1966
†Acastoides maurus Alberti 1970
†Acastoides paeckelmanni Richter and Richter 1939
†Acastoides zguilmensis Chatterton et al. 2006
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: limitedg
Created: 2010-01-27 01:09:16
Modified: 2010-01-27 03:09:16
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Emsian or 433.40000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) A. constricta (207977)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland A. sp. (145998 146002 146008)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8France (Mayenne) A. sp. (6036)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Poland A. sp. (13879)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Poland A. sp. (145999 146003)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Mayenne) A. sp. (6039 6043 6044 6072 6080)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) A. sp. (32470)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. henni (188767) A. posthumus (188762 188763)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (La Paz) A. verneuili (37054 37055)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Tarija) A. gamonedensis (36137)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco A. hollardi, A. maurus (27069) A. zguilmensis (142430) A. zguilmensis, A. haddadi (181542)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. poschmanni (229357)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Poland Acaste paeckelmanni (164486)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Turkey (Istanbul) A. paeckelmanni (32611 32612)