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Acerocarina

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Acerocarina was named by Poulson (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Trem Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pelturinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
  • Cyclognathus was named by Linnarsson (1875).

    It was replaced with Acerocarina by Poulsen (1952).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cyclognathus Linnarsson
1951Acerocarina Poulson
1957Acerocarina Harrington and Leanza
2002Acerocarina Jell and Adrain p. 336
2002Acerocarina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAcerocarinaPoulson 1951

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. †Acerocarina Poulson 1951
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Invalid names: Cyclognathus Linnarsson 1875 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Furongian or 486.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Poland A. klonowkae (223759 223760)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) A. sp. (115818)