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Acrocephalites tutus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalites tutus was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61566, 61567 (cotypes) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acrocephalops tutus by Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Acrocephalites tutus Walcott p. 181 figs. pi. 24, figs. 6, 6a
1935Acrocephalops tutus Resser p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAcrocephalitidaeHupé 1953
genusAcrocephalitesWallerius 1895
speciestutusWalcott 1916

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.

†Acrocephalites tutus Walcott 1916
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available