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Acrocoelites ✝

Description

Acrocoelites is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrocoelites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4621721https://www.gbif.org/species/4621721
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15834https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15834
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Megateuthididae : Acrocoelites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusAcrocoelitesLissajous 1915
Scientific NameAcrocoelites Lissajous, 1915
Name Published InBull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maçon, 1915, .
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acrocoelitesgenusbelongs to Belemnitidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Acrocoelitesgenusbelongs to Megateuthididaestated with evidencePinard et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
First Recorded Appearance183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Belemnitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrocoelites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acrocoelites (Acrocoelites) ✝
subgenus		listed (PBDB)
Acrocoelites bobeti ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3180 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites brevisulcatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1180 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites conoideus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2180 Ma
Early Jurassic		176 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites ilminstrensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites inaequistriatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1180 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites levidensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		8182 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites oxyconus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites pyramidalis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9183 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites riegrafi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2182 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites rostriformis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		4180 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites subtenuis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2183 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites tripartitus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3180 Ma
Early Jurassic		176 Ma
Early Jurassic
Acrocoelites vulgaris ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3182 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Acrocoelites Sepkoski, Jr.
2014Acrocoelites Pinard et al. p. 163

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Pinard J. D., Weis R., et al (2014) Belemnites from the Upper Pliensbachian and the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Tournadous (Causses, France), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 273, 155-177
Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maçon, 1915, . - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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