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Acrocephalitidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Acrocephalitidae Hupé
1997Acrocephalitidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2011Acrocephalitidae Adrain p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAcrocephalitidaeHupé 1953
familyAcrocephalitidaeHupé 1953

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.

Fm. †Acrocephalitidae Hupé 1953
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G. †Acrocephalella Rozova 1963
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Acrocephalella granulosa Rozova 1963
G. †Acrocephalites Wallerius 1895
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Acrocephalites borealicus Lazarenko 1960
Acrocephalites glomeratus Walcott 1916
Acrocephalites insignis Walcott 1916
Acrocephalites majus Walcott 1916
Acrocephalites militans Lermontova 1940
Acrocephalites redivivus Rozova 1964
Acrocephalites reductus Rozova 1964
Acrocephalites tutus Walcott 1916
Invalid names: Acantholenus Matthew 1898 [synonym]
G. †Acrodirotes Opik 1967
G. †Asturiaspis Sdzuy 1968
G. †Brutaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Cermataspis Opik 1967
G. †Decus Pegel 1981
G. †Diceratocephalina Maksimova 1962
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Diceratocephalina miranda Maksimova 1962
G. †Ijacephalus Ogienko 1974
G. †Mansiella Rozova 1968
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Mansiella mansica Rozova 1968
G. †Pseudacrocephalaspina Ergaliev 1980
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Mansian or 509.00000 to 485.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Acrocephalites sp. (219690)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0Turkey Asturiaspis sp. (133684)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) Acrocephalites sp. (10175)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Acrocephalites borealicus (131487) Acrocephalites redivivus (131486) Acrocephalites reductus (131435)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Denmark (Bornholm) Acrocephalites stenometopus (75944)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) Cermataspis abundans (77515 77516)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Acrocephalites militans (132547)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Acrocephalites militans (133592 133594 133600)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Acrocephalella granulosa (131066) Acrocephalites borealicus, Acrocephalella granulosa (131065)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Acrocephalites borealicus (132496)
Furongian - Tremadocian497.0 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Mansiella sp. (205378)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan Pseudacrocephalaspina strobiliformis (118401 118403) Pseudacrocephalaspina strobiliformis, Pseudacrocephalaspina extrema (118402 118404 118444 118445)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Diceratocephalina sp. (9283) Ijacephalus sp. (9285)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Diceratocephalina miranda (131105)
Mansian485.4 - 485.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Diceratocephalina sp. (9273 9280) Mansiella sp. (9287)
Mansian485.4 - 485.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Mansiella mansica (131103)