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Acanthopecten
Taxonomy
Acanthopecten was named by Girty (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Pecten carboniferous.
It was assigned to Aviculopectininae by Vokes (1980); to Pectinacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthopectinidae by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Aviculopectininae by Vokes (1980); to Pectinacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthopectinidae by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
A. anshunensis, A. bellosum, A. carboniferous, A. carboniferus (syn. Pecten hawni), A. coloradoensis, A. delawarensis, A. equicostatus, A. gaoanensis, A. giganteus, A. jaguelensis, A. josephinae, A. licharewi, A. meeki, A. onukii, A. shenshuensis, A. spinosus, A. subgiganteus, A. xizangensis, A. ziphocostatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Acanthopecten Girty |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten Vokes p. 47 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten anshunensis Xu p. 8 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten subgiganteus Xu p. 8 |
| 1980 | Acanthopecten equicostatus Xu p. 13 |
| 1992 | Acanthopecten Amler p. 415 |
| 1995 | Acanthopecten Newell and Boyd p. 45 |
| 2002 | Acanthopecten Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Acanthopecten Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. †Acanthopecten Girty 1903
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†Acanthopecten bellosum Hoare et al. 1978
†Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858
†Acanthopecten coloradoensis Newberry 1861
†Acanthopecten delawarensis Girty 1908
†Acanthopecten gaoanensis Li and Ding 1982
†Acanthopecten giganteus Chen et al. 1974
†Acanthopecten jaguelensis Gonzalez 1997
†Acanthopecten josephinae Gemmellaro 1896
†Acanthopecten licharewi Fredericks 1915
†Acanthopecten meeki Newell 1938
†Acanthopecten onukii Murata 1964
†Acanthopecten shenshuensis Liang 1980
†Acanthopecten spinosus Hayasaka 1925
†Acanthopecten xizangensis Liu 1976
†Acanthopecten ziphocostatus Liu 1976
Invalid names: Acanthopecten anshunensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Acanthopecten equicostatus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Acanthopecten subgiganteus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 2 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 33.7 | 31.8 | 2.76 | |
| shell height | 2 | 24.8 | 10.0 | 61.3 | 35.6 | 36.3 | |
| valve height | 31 | 25.6 | 8.53 | 95.0 | 24.0 | 21.5 |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 364.70000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (170 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | A. sp. (38266 162207) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | A. nobilis (8761) A. sp. (8712 8730 8731) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (1098) | |
| Kinderhookian - Virgilian | USA (California) | A. sp. (588) | |
| Ivorian | Ireland | A. tessellatus (76497) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | A. tessellatus (76501 76515) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | A. procarboniferous (8107 8114 8115 8119 8120) A. sp. (556) | |
| Brigantian | USA (Alabama) | A. sp. (6790 6791 6831) | |
| Chesterian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (62375) | |
| Late/Upper Mississippian | USA (California) | A. sp. (143607 143613 143621 143625) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. grandis (5611) | |
| Bashkirian - Moscovian | Peru (Piura) | A. sp. (41390) | |
| Pennsylvanian | Belize | A. carboniferus (209333) | |
| Westphalian - Vereian | United Kingdom (Wales) | A. sp. (8229) | |
| Westphalian | Spain | Pecten carboniferum (73298) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (195795) | |
| Moscovian | Argentina (La Rioja) | A. jaguelensis (39939) | |
| Kashirian - Myachkovian | USA (New Mexico) | A. meeki (46548) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | A. carboniferous (924 934) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | A. bellosum (64909) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. carboniferous (184081 184098) | |
| Kasimovian - Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | A. carboniferus (39993 39994) | |
| Missourian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. carboniferous (184103 184105) | |
| Missourian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp. (50767) | |
| Missourian | USA (Ohio) | A. carboniferus (159904) | |
| Missourian | USA (Maryland) | A. armigerus (118828) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | A. carboniferus (233341) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp. (64273) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (100287) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (39917) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | A. carboniferus (146828) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (1069) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Maryland) | A. carboniferus (118827) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Ohio) | A. carboniferus (71993) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | A. carboniferus (50219) | |
| Asselian | USA (Alaska) | Aviculopecten delawarensis (109345) | |
| Asselian | Mexico | A. coloradoensis (117974) | |
| Permian | USA (Alaska) | A. carboniferous (112193) | |
| Sakmarian | Canada (Yukon) | A. licharewi (116370 117729 117733) | |
| Sakmarian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. sp. (83182 84360 85982 101207) | |
| Sakmarian | Russian Federation | A. licharewi (82005) | |
| Artinskian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. sp. (133328) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (10651) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation | A. licharewi (114223) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (10471 10653 11962 11964) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp., A. delawarensis (11231) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | A. coloradoensis (43491 43495 43497 43513 43515 75881 81592 81633 81638 101785 105931) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | A. sp. (41512) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | A. sp. 1 (95353) A. sp. 2 (52898 120747) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (10472 10640 10647 10649) | |
| Kungurian | Russian Federation | A. licharewi (89367 114224 114225) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Wyoming) | A. coloradoensis (87155) A. delawarensis (95420 105371) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | A. coloradoensis (39999) | |
| Roadian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (11089) | |
| Roadian | Australia (Tasmania) | A. sp. (105423) | |
| Roadian | Japan | A. coloradoensis (113876) A. coloradoensis, A. spinosus, A. onukii (109636) A. onukii (113873) | |
| Roadian | USA (Wyoming) | A. alatus (11229) | |
| Roadian | USA (Nevada) | A. coloradoensis (81997) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | A. coloradoensis (43548 43551 43553 43563 81693 101782 102605 102611 102616 105726 105807 105887) Aviculopecten delawarensis, A. carboniferus (108822) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | China (Hunan) | A. sp. 1 (105472) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | A. licharewi (115256) | |
| Wordian | Japan | A. coloradoensis (114493) A. coloradoensis, A. spinosus, A. onukii (114494) A. onukii (109643 114533) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | A. coloradoensis (43550 105764 105977) | |
| Wordian | USA (Montana) | A. sp. (11276) | |
| Wordian | Italy | Avicula josephinae (108566 108672 108673 108675) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Heilongjiang) | A. shenshuensis (111160) | |
| Capitanian | China (Guangdong) | A. guizhouensis, A. ziphocostatus (113864) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Montana) | A. coloradoensis (105346) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Xizang) | Aviculopecten jabiensis (89203) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | A. anshunensis (112004) A. sp. (197494) A. subgiganteus (112105) A. ziphocostatus (111997 111999) A. ziphocostatus, A. anshunensis, A. subgiganteus (112002) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Chongqing) | A. giganteus (98074) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangdong) | A. sp. 2 (121121) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Utah) | A. coloradoensis (86531) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Jiangxi) | A. gaoanensis (97113) A. sp. 1 (102130) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Wyoming) | A. coloradoensis (105342 105350 105364 105366) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangxi) | A. ziphocostatus (95513) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | A. licharewi (51677) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Sichuan) | A. giganteus (98078) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (39436 39446 39452 39455 39781) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Wyoming) | A. coloradoensis (82435 96805 105352) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Montana) | A. coloradoensis (105335 105369) A. sp. (11273 95024) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | A. equicostatus (112093) A. sp. (112011) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (149218) |