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Acrocephalites

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalites was named by Wallerius (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conocoryphidae by Mason (1935); to Acrocephalitidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Acrocephalites Wallerius
1898Acantholenus Matthew
1935Acrocephalites Mason p. 102
2002Acrocephalites Jell and Adrain p. 337
2002Acantholenus Sepkoski
2002Acrocephalites Sepkoski

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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
genusAcrocephalitesWallerius 1895

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. †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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available