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Acastella tiro

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastella tiro was named by Richter and Richter (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Acastella tiro Richter and Richter
1983Acastella tiro Smeenk figs. pl. f. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusAcastellaReed 1925
speciestiroRichter and Richter 1954

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.

Acastella tiro Richter and Richter 1954
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Gedinnine or 414.00000 to 412.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Acastella tiro (13878 13887 13890 23019 146007)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain Acastella tiro (13925)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Acastella tiro (23362 23444 46579)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Acastella tiro (13936)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain Acastella tiro (234795)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain (León) Acastella tiro (234796)
Late/Upper Lochkovian - Siegen414.0 - 409.1Spain Acastella tiro (40504)