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Acrocephalites multisegmentus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalites multisegmentus was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61564-5 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Deiracephalus multisegmentus by Resser (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. stenometopus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Acrocephalites multisegmentus Walcott p. 180 figs. pi. 24, figs. 5, 5a
1935Deiracephalus multisegmentus Resser p. 22

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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
speciesmultisegmentusWalcott 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.

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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