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Acastocephala macrops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Acaste) downingiae macrops was named by Salter (1864).

It was recombined as Acastocephala macrops by Shergold (1966), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Phacops (Acaste) downingiae macrops Salter
1966Acastocephala macrops Shergold
2002Acastocephala macrops Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAcastavinaeStruve 1958
genusAcastocephala
speciesmacrops(Salter 1864)

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.

Acastocephala macrops Salter 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6United Kingdom (England) Acastocephala macrops (type locality: 192893)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Acastocephala macrops (207977)