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Acastella heberti elsana

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastella heberti elsana was named by Richter and Richter (1954).

It was recombined as Acastella elsana by Tomczyk et al. (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Acastella heberti elsana Richter and Richter
1977Acastella elsana Tomczyk et al.
2020Acastella heberti elsana Lemke p. 198

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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
speciesheberti(Gosselet 1880)
subspecieselsanaRichter 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 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 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Ukraine Acastella heberti (23488)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Acastella elsana (13878 13886 13890 146007)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Acastella heberti (23362) Acastella heberty (46578)