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Acastella heberti

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Dalmanites heberti was named by Gosselet (1880) [Dalmanites Heberti].

It was recombined as Acastella heberti by Hollard (1977).

Subspecies
A. elsana
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crenulata, A. dnestroviana, A. frontosa, A. heberta, A. levis, A. prima, A. trio

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Dalmanites heberti Gosselet p. 66 figs. pl 1, fig. 4
1977Acastella heberti Hollard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusAcastellaReed 1925
speciesheberti(Gosselet 1880)

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 heberti Gosselet 1880
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†Acastella heberti elsana 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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Morocco Acastella heberti (27390)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Ukraine Acastella heberti (23488)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Acastella heberti (13875)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Poland Acastella elsana (13878 13886 13890 146007) Acastella heberti (13881 145997)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Acastella heberti (13936)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Algeria Acastella heberti (27166)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain Acastella heberti (13922 13923)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Acastella heberti (23362) Acastella heberty (46578)