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Acrocephalites insignis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalites insignis was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61568 and is a 3D body fossil.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Acrocephalites insignis Walcott p. 179 figs. pi. 25, fig. I (only)
1935Acrocephalops insignis Resser p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAcrocephalitidaeHupé 1953
genusAcrocephalitesWallerius 1895
speciesinsignisWalcott 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 insignis 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