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Acrothele spinulosa

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Acrothele spinulosa was named by Poulsen (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aghachan el Akhdhar, which is in a Cambrian marine shale in Mauritania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Acrothele spinulosa Poulsen p. 9 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusAcrotheleLinnarsson 1876
speciesspinulosa

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.

Acrothele spinulosa Poulsen 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:39:25
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:39:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Mauritania Acrothele spinulosa (type locality: 209265)