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Acernaspis xynon

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Acernaspis xynon was named by Howells (1982). Its type specimen is BM In44521, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woodland Point, which is in a Rhuddanian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Woodland Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Acernaspis xynon Howells p. 43 figs. Pl. 11, figs. 12a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAcernaspisCampbell 1967
speciesxynon

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.

Acernaspis xynon Howells 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rhuddanian or 443.10000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Acernaspis xynon (205661)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Acernaspis xynon (188532 type locality: 188533)