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Acrosaccus squamosus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Discina squamosa was named by Barrande (1879). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orbiculoidea squamosa by Havlicek and Mergl (1982); it was recombined as Acrosaccus squamosus by Mergl (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Discina squamosa Barrande figs. pl. 96 case 6
1982Orbiculoidea squamosa Havlicek and Mergl figs. pl. 1 f. 2-3
2012Acrosaccus squamosus Mergl pp. 36 - 38 figs. 2A-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusAcrosaccusWillard 1928
speciessquamosus()

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.

Acrosaccus squamosus Barrande 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:28:50
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:18:33
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kralodvorian or 450.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Acrosaccus squamosus (151985)