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Acrolepis
Taxonomy
Acrolepis was named by Agassiz (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Acrolepis sedgwickii. It is the type genus of Acrolepididae.
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Acrolepidae by Diedrich (2009), López-Arbarello et al. (2010); and to Acrolepididae by Bakaev et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Acrolepidae by Diedrich (2009), López-Arbarello et al. (2010); and to Acrolepididae by Bakaev et al. (2020).
Species
A. barbarus, A. chuvashovi, A. frequens, A. gigas, A. hamiltoni, A. hopkinsi (syn. A. rankinei), A. hortonensis, A. hussakofi, A. laetus, A. languescens, A. macroderma, A. minichi, A. ortholepis, A. reticulata, A. sedgwickii (syn. A. dunkeri, Gyrolepis asper) (type species), A. semigranulosa, A. tasmanicus, A. wilsoni
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Acrolepis Agassiz p. 11 figs. Vol I, Pl D, fig 1 |
| 1891 | Acrolepis Woodward p. 501 |
| 1902 | Acrolepis Hay p. 369 |
| 2002 | Acrolepis Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Acrolepis Diedrich p. 80 |
| 2010 | Acrolepis López-Arbarello et al. p. 254 |
| 2020 | Acrolepis Bakaev et al. p. 310 |
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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. †Acrolepis Agassiz 1833
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†Acrolepis barbarus Minikh 2006
†Acrolepis chuvashovi Yankevich 2001
†Acrolepis frequens Yankevich and Minikh 1998
†Acrolepis gigas Frič 1877
†Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston and Morton 1890
†Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson 1868
†Acrolepis hussakofi Hay 1929
†Acrolepis laetus Lambe 1916
†Acrolepis languescens Yankevich and Minikh 1998
†Acrolepis macroderma Eichwald 1860
†Acrolepis minichi Yankevich 2001
†Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair 1884
†Acrolepis reticulata Eichwald 1860
†Acrolepis sedgwickii Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Acrolepis dunkeri Kurtze 1839 [synonym], Gyrolepis asper Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
†Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair 1890
†Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston and Morton 1891
†Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Rhaetian or 368.50000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | A. reticulata (226045) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (New Brunswick) | A. hortonensis (230060) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | A. hortonensis (230133) A. sp. (230129) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | A. sp. (230162) | |
| Mississippian | United Kingdom | A. hopkinsi (132729) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | A. sp. (76515) | |
| Arundian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. ortholepis (90682) | |
| Holkerian - Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | A. hopkinsi (229813 229814) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. semigranulosa (230455) | |
| Asbian - Yeadonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. wilsoni (230547) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. hopkinsi (230387 230425) | |
| Serpukhovian | United Kingdom (England) | A. hopkinsi (230543) | |
| Serpukhovian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. hopkinsi (230431) | |
| Arnsbergian | Belgium | A. hopkinsi (228892) | |
| Chokierian | Belgium (Wallonia) | A. sp. (233442) | |
| Yeadonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (41198 41221 41224 41225 41259) | |
| Moscovian | Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) | A. gigas (125251) | |
| Moscovian | Greenland | A. sp. (90249) | |
| Gzhelian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | A. sp. (230203) | |
| Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) | A. gigas (227415 227426) | |
| Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Plzeň / Pilsen North) | A. gigas (227301) | |
| Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Plzeň) | A. gigas (227455) | |
| Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Rakovník) | A. gigas (154179) | |
| Stephanian C | Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) | A. gigas (227420) | |
| Permian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. sp. (221392) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation (Perm) | A. chuvashovi (232590) | |
| Kungurian | Brazil (Santa Catarina) | A. sp. (232546) | |
| Kungurian | Russian Federation (Perm) | A. frequens, A. minichi (232569) A. sedgwicki, A. frequens, A. languescens (232570) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | USA (South Dakota) | A. hussakofi (233151) | |
| Ufimian | Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) | A. frequens (79491) | |
| Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation (Udmurtia) | A. sp., A. sedgwicki (187322) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (109484) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Kazan) | A. sp., A. macroderma (116803) | |
| Urzhumian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | A. macroderma (87039) | |
| Urzhumian | Russian Federation (Chuvasia Republic) | A. macroderma (232563 232564) | |
| Wordian | Russian Federation (Kanin Peninsula) | A. barbarus (232589) | |
| Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian | Russian Federation (Tatarstan) | A. sp. (27931) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sedgwickii (90263 90264 90266 90268) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | A. sedgwicki (131704) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Germany | A. exsculpta, A. sedgwicki (137316 140943) A. sedgwicki (140944) A. sedgwickii (96856 130039 130041 130063) A. sp. (130277) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Durham) | A. sedgwicki (131707) | |
| Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | A. hamiltoni (233552) A. tasmanicus (233553) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Alberta) | A. laetus (122019) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | A. spp. (120367) | |
| Fassanian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | A. spp. (153110 153409) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Franche-Comté) | A. sp. (149398) |