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Acrocephalaspina

Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalaspina was named by Ergaliev (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Acrocephalaspina insueta.

It was assigned to Eulomidae by Peng (1992).

Species
A. insueta (type species), A. longa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Acrocephalaspina Ergaliev
1992Acrocephalaspina Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyEulomidaeKobayashi 1955
genusAcrocephalaspina

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. †Acrocephalaspina Ergaliev 1980
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†Acrocephalaspina insueta Ergaliev 1980
†Acrocephalaspina longa Ergaliev 1980
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-05 01:22:49
Modified: 2010-01-05 03:22:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Aksaian or 492.80000 to 491.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) A. longa (126710)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan A. insueta (118382 118385 118386 118387 118388 118391 118392 118393 118394 118395 118397 118399 118401 118402)