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Acanthocladia

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocladia was named by King (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 905,936]. Its type is Keratophytes anceps. It is the type genus of Acanthocladiidae.

It was assigned to Acanthocladiidae by Harlton (1933), Bassler (1953), Sakagami (1981); to Acanthocladiinae by Ernst (2001); and to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Acanthocladia King p. 389
1933Acanthocladia Harlton p. 17
1953Acanthocladia Bassler p. G127
1981Acanthocladia Sakagami p. 59
2001Acanthocladia Ernst p. 146
2002Acanthocladia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyAcanthocladiidaeZittel 1880
subfamilyAcanthocladiinaeZittel 1880
genusAcanthocladia

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. †Acanthocladia King 1849
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Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
Acanthocladia biserialis Chronic 1949
Acanthocladia diffusa Korn 1930
Acanthocladia laxa Korn 1930
Acanthocladia minor Korn 1930
Acanthocladia regularis Bassler 1929
Acanthocladia rhombicellata Schulga-Nesterenko 1955
Acanthocladia sparsifurcata Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
Acanthocladia thaiensis Sakagami 1968
Acanthocladia tumulosa Morozova 1970
Acanthocladia tundrica Kruchinina 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Changhsingian or 335.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (204 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112177)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (6419 6441 6442)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) A. ouachitensis (132915)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) A. sp. (39158)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (8643)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation A. rhombicellata (49811)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. rhombicellata (115480)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. rhombicellata (115481)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos A. anceps (233571)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) A. biserialis (41355)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) A. guadalupensis (50996 50997 50998 51000 51001 51036 51040 51041 51042 51043 51045 51049 51051 51054 51055 51059 51060 51061 51064 51065 51066 51068 51069 51071 51072 51073 51074 51075 51076 51077 51114 51115 51116 51117 51118 51120 51122 51123 51124 51125 51127 51128 51129 51131 51132 51133 51134 51135 51136 51137 51138 51139 51140 51141 51142 51143 51144 51145 51146 51147 51148 51150) A. lepidodendroides (51130)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3Mongolia A. sp. (97379)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3Mexico (Chihuahua) A. guadalupensis (75754)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation A. tundrica (113492 113522)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) A. multipora (82123)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Nunavut) A. sparsifurcata, A. rhombicellata (107628)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) A. guadalupensis (105687 105849 106129 106286 121969 121970 121971 122051 122052 122053 122054 122123) A. sp. (122217 122219 122221 122222 122223 122226)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) A. guadalupensis (102621 106109 106135 108799 108862 108898 122055)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand A. sp. A, A. sp. B (116867)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan A. regularis (119241)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Indonesia A. regularis (117112)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. guadalupensis (108826 108827 108835 108855 108896)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) A. thaiensis (116879)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) A. guadalupensis (108821)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Jilin) A. sp. (113134)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. americana (133737)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (24203)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation A. tumulosa (86043 113583)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. guadalupensis (108801 108804 108831 108858 108859 108860 108899) A. sp., A. guadalupensis (108812 108861)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Poland A. anceps (137886 156765 156769 156770 156771 156774 156779) A. sp. (188306 188307 188308 188309 188310)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania A. anceps (46178 46181 46185 46187 46188 94958) A. anceps, A. laxa (46183 46189 46203 113623 113731) A. laxa (46184 46186 46191 113747)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greenland A. sp. (117964)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany A. anceps (82804 122179 122189) A. anceps, A. minor (122176) A. anceps, A. minor, Thamniscus diffusus (122175) A. laxa (86594 107650) A. minor (10696 122178)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Qinghai) A. robusta (63889)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India (Kashmir) A. anceps (82579 115350)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) A. anceps (83171 95677 130765 130766) A. sp. (24084 24085 24086 89584 109717 109719 109720 109722)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan (Punjab) A. sp. (63902)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom A. anceps (63887 130768 130769 130773) Fenestella anceps (130870 130871)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) A. anceps (130770 130771) A. sp. (161509 161513)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) A. anceps, A. laxa (46204 113663 113741)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) A. sp. (50023)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece A. sp. (64171 64172)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan A. anceps (119540)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Germany A. diffusa (51381) A. sp. (51382 75574)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) A. guadalupensis (36221)