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Acanthograptidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3243141https://www.gbif.org/species/3243141
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)395105https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=395105
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Acanthograptidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Dendroidea : Acanthograptidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyAcanthograptidaeBulman 1938
Scientific NameAcanthograptidae
Name Published Inin Schindewolf, Handb. der Palaeozool., 2D(2): 20, 21
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acanthograptidaefamilybelongs to Dendroideastated with evidenceRickards et al., 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance501 - 499 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Dendroidea)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Dendroidea)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. B. Rickards, P. W. Baillie, and J. B. Jago. 1990. An Upper Cambrian (Idamean) dendroid assemblage from near Smithton, northwestern Tasmania. Alcheringa 14(3):207-232

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acanthograptus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palaeodictyota
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9501 Ma
Cambrian
383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Thallograptus
genus
listed (PBDB)18501 Ma
Cambrian
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1938Acanthograptidae Bulman
1990Acanthograptidae Rickards et al. p. 226

References

Rickards R. B., Baillie P. W., et al (1990) An Upper Cambrian (Idamean) dendroid assemblage from near Smithton, northwestern Tasmania, Alcheringa 14 3, 207-232 doi:10.1080/03115519008619056
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 650 Graptolite generic names: validation of certain emendations under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(2), 105-110 (1963) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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