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Acrothele
Taxonomy
Acrothele was named by Linnarsson (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 13,14,885].
It was assigned to Acrotretidae by Henningsmoen (1952); to Acrothelinae by Puura and Holmer (1993), Bruton and Harper (2000) and Williams et al. (2000); and to Acrotretida by Bengtson (1992) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Acrotretidae by Henningsmoen (1952); to Acrothelinae by Puura and Holmer (1993), Bruton and Harper (2000) and Williams et al. (2000); and to Acrotretida by Bengtson (1992) and Sepkoski (2002).
Species
A. (Redlichella), A. affinis, A. artemis, A. bellapunctata, A. bellula, A. bergeroni, A. borgholmensis, A. concava, A. coriacea, A. decipiens, A. dichotoma, A. levisensis, A. minuta, A. primaeva, A. rarus, A. sougyi, A. speciosa, A. spinulosa, A. subsidua, A. turneri, A. woodworthi, A. yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Acrothele Linnarsson |
| 1908 | Dearbornia Walcott p. 78 |
| 1952 | Acrothele Henningsmoen |
| 1992 | Acrothele Bengtson p. 1030 |
| 1993 | Acrothele Puura and Holmer |
| 2000 | Acrothele Bruton and Harper |
| 2000 | Acrothele Williams et al. p. 92 |
| 2002 | Acrothele Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Dearbornia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Glyptacrothrele Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Redlichella Sepkoski |
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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. †Acrothele Linnarsson 1876
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†Acrothele affinis Resser 1939
†Acrothele artemis Walcott 1908
†Acrothele bellapunctata Walcott 1908
†Acrothele bellula Walcott 1897
†Acrothele bergeroni Walcott 1908
†Acrothele borgholmensis Walcott 1908
†Acrothele concava Cooper et al. 1952
†Acrothele coriacea Linnarsson 1876
†Acrothele decipiens Walcott 1897
†Acrothele dichotoma Walcott 1884
†Acrothele levisensis Walcott 1908
†Acrothele minuta Walcott 1905
†Acrothele primaeva de Verneuil and Barrande 1860
†Acrothele rarus Walcott 1905
†Acrothele sougyi Poulsen 1960
†Acrothele speciosa Resser 1938
†Acrothele spinulosa Poulsen 1960
†Acrothele subsidua White 1874
†Acrothele subsidua hera Walcott 1908
†Acrothele turneri Walcott 1908
†Acrothele woodworthi Walcott 1908
†Acrothele yorkensis Walcott 1908
Invalid names: Dearbornia Walcott 1908 [synonym], Glyptacrothele [synonym], Redlichella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Marshbrookian or 514.00000 to 454.00000 Ma
Collections (71 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Caerfai | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (184) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | Spain (Aragon) | Redlichella bohemica (120552) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | Mauritania | A. sougyi, A. spinulosa (209265) | |
| Botomian | China (Yunnan) | A. rara (90353 90356 90357 90361 90363 90371) A. sp. (90369) | |
| Botomian | Norway (Mjosen) | A. bellapunctata (42220) | |
| Lenian | Spain | A. primaeva (123849) A. sp., A. primaeva (123838) | |
| Lenian | Kyrgyzstan | A. rara (81268) | |
| Lenian | Sweden | A. granulata (87124 87184) | |
| Dyeran | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. decipiens, A. yorkensis (11116) | |
| Dyeran | USA (New York) | A. sp. (182) | |
| Duyunian | China (Guizhou) | Glyptacrothele bohemica (88777) | |
| Ordian | Australia (Northern Territory) | A. sp. (203) | |
| Delamaran | Mexico (Sonora) | A. sp. (90558) | |
| Delamaran | Mexico | A. sp. (10688) | |
| Delamaran | USA (Idaho) | A. affinis (76096) A. sp. (207) | |
| Delamaran | USA (Montana) | A. colleni (68907) A. colleni, A. panderi (225273) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | A. colleni (68908) A. sp. (187 197 225262) | |
| Delamaran | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. 2 (232726) | |
| Delamaran - Menevian | Mexico | A. sp., A. concava (10687) | |
| Amgan | Norway (Rogaland) | A. granulata (76545) | |
| Amgan | Czech Republic (Bohemia) | Glyptacrothele bohemica (67708) | |
| Solvan | Sweden (Norrbotten) | A. granulata (9782) | |
| Solvan | Kazakhstan | A. sp. (56536) | |
| Wuliuan | Mexico (Sonora) | A. concava (234898) | |
| Wuliuan - Topazan | Mexico | A. concava (236858) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czech Republic | A. quadrilineata (199039) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Utah) | A. subsidua (77267) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czech Republic (Central Boemian) | A. sp., Glyptacrothele sp. (76456) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Idaho) | A. speciosa (127486) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czech Republic (Litavka) | A. sp., Glyptacrothele sp. (76453 76454) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Montana) | A. pentagonensis (155652) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Norway (Rogaland) | A. granulata (190113) | |
| St Davids | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (216) | |
| Drumian | USA (Utah) | A. subsidua (230679) | |
| Mayan | Kazakhstan (Balkhash) | A. sp. (118101) | |
| Mayan | Kazakhstan | A. sp. (10030) | |
| Menevian | Denmark (Bornholm) | A. sp. (50768 75946) | |
| Menevian | USA (Idaho) | A. parilis, A. artemis (50208) | |
| Menevian | Kazakhstan | A. sp. (56538) | |
| Drumian - Marjumian | Mexico | A. concava (236876) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | A. subsidua (56144 230682) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (78735) | |
| Zhanaarykian | Kazakhstan | A. sp. (9959) | |
| Boomerangian | New Zealand (Nelson) | A. sp. (49850) | |
| Boomerangian | Australia (Queenslandd) | A. sp. A (225252) | |
| Mindyallan - Idamean | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp. (64043) | |
| Dresbachian | France | A. sp. (56191) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (64797) | |
| Merioneth | Canada (British Columbia) | A. sp. (199) | |
| Merioneth | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (206) | |
| Merioneth | USA (Idaho) | A. sp. (198) | |
| Varangu | Sweden (Öland) | A. coriacea (191671) | |
| Arenig | China (Hunan) | A. sp. (7700) | |
| Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | China (JiangSu) | A. sp. (7943) | |
| Caradoc | Sweden | A. sp. (380) |