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Acanthocrania

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Acanthocrania Williams
1963Acanthocrania Wright
1974Acanthocrania Brunton and Champion p. 815
1977Acanthocrania Mitchell
2000Acanthocrania Williams et al. p. 171
2002Acanthocrania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusAcanthocraniaWilliams 1943

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. †Acanthocrania Williams 1943
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†Acanthocrania alta Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania conferta Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania cracentis Wright 1963
†Acanthocrania densispina Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania elusa Cocks 2014
†Acanthocrania intermedia Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania magna Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania minutispinosa Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania nordtimanica Kalashnikov 1993
†Acanthocrania platys Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania regularis Cooper and Grant 1974
†Acanthocrania spiculata Rowley 1908
†Acanthocrania vasta Cooper and Grant 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height233.282.006.203.001.15

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-06 10:30:27
Modified: 2009-06-06 17:32:13
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Longvillian to the top of the Capitanian or 457.20000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) A. sp. (6674)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) A. erecta, A. subquadrata (23893) A. oklahomensis, A. subquadrata (23895)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23789 23790 23791 23792 23794)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23273 23274)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23276)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23795)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. setigeria (23797 23798)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. setigeria (23796)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. setigeria (23277 23290)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23278)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. granulosa (23799) A. granulosa, A. setigeria (23800 23801)
Blackriveran - Late/Upper Ordovician457.3 - 443.1USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (6707)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Leinster) A. sp. (55677)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Lenister) A. sp. (55710)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Crania setigera (185268)
Wufeng449.4 - 443.1China (Hubei) A. sp. (4687)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom A. sp. (163264)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Ireland (Leinster) A. sp. (89130)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) A. elusa (185109 185112)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) A. elusa (185114 185115)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Hubei) A. sp. (151939 151940)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker District) A. sp. (364)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Canada (Yukon Territory) A. sp. (26658)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. laevis (38273 38295 38329)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Montana) A. spinosa (643 7138 7143 7150 7156 7162 7165)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. laevis (38304)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Missouri) Crania spiculata (6027 6029)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Belgium (Hainaut) A. psammophora (234047)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) A. sp. (58462)
Chadian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) A. laevis (5510)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (76485)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) A. sp. (43468 43472 43481 75939 75952)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Nenetsia) A. nordtimanica (110163)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) A. alta (75936)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) A. densispina (43491 43495 43513 105879) A. sp. (43492 43494 43534 81638 105935 105938) A. sp., A. magna (105931) A. sp., A. platys (75865)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) A. conferta (81693 102602 106021) A. densispina (101783 102603 102610 102611 102615 105874) A. intermedia (43548 43551 43553 81650 102605 105887)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) A. conferta (43557) A. intermedia (105821) A. minutispinosa (81939 105896) A. sp. (81695 102619 106244 106245) A. sp., A. minutispinosa (105902) A. sp., A. vasta (101867)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (105989)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. regularis (105894) A. sp. (81624 81625 105895 106248 106249) A. vasta (101798)