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Aciculolenus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4634594https://www.gbif.org/species/4634594
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)67978https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67978
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Aciculolenus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Olenidae : Aciculolenus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenidaAdrain 2011
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAciculolenusPalmer 1965
Scientific NameAciculolenus Palmer, 1965
Name Published InProf. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 493
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aciculolenusgenusbelongs to Olenidaestated without evidenceChatterton and Ludvigsen, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Olenidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aciculolenus peculiaris
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1965Aciculolenus Palmer p. 54
1998Aciculolenus Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 17 fig. 15
2002Aciculolenus Jell and Adrain p. 337

References

Palmer A. R. (1965) Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493, 1-105
Chatterton B.D.E., Ludvigsen R. (1998) Upper Steptoean (Upper Cambrian) trilobites from the McKay Group of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, Journal of Paleontology 72 2, 43
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 493 - 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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