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Acanthocrania setigera

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Crania setigera was named by Hall (1866).

It was recombined as Acanthocrania setigera by Cooper (1956); it was misspelled as Acanthocrania setigeria by Catalani (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. erecta, A. granulosa, A. laevis, A. oklahomensis, A. psammophora, A. spinosa, A. subquadrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Crania setigera Hall p. 12 figs. pi. 7, fig. 15
1956Acanthocrania setigera Cooper p. 285 figs. Plate 25, A, figures 1-5
1987Acanthocrania setigeria Catalani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusAcanthocraniaWilliams 1943
speciessetigera(Hall 1866)

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 calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-06 10:30:27
Modified: 2009-06-06 12:32:13
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Acanthocrania setigeria (23273 23274)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Acanthocrania setigeria (23789 23790 23791 23792 23794)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Acanthocrania setigeria (23276)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Acanthocrania setigeria (23795)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Acanthocrania setigeria (23797 23798)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Acanthocrania setigeria (23796)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Acanthocrania setigeria (23277 23290)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Acanthocrania setigeria (23278)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Acanthocrania setigeria (23800 23801)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Crania setigera (185268)