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Acastella granulosa

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Acastella granulosa was named by Hollard (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Acastella granulosa Hollard
2021Acastella granulosa Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
speciesgranulosaHollard 1963

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 granulosa Hollard 1963
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Acastella granulosa (13938)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria Acastella granulosa (27473)