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Acritosia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870117	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870117
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27062	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27062

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Cyclacanthariidae : Acritosia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Lyttoniidina	Williams et al. 2000
superfamily	Richthofenioidea	Waagen 1885
family	Cyclacanthariidae	Cooper and Grant 1975
subfamily	Teguliferininae
genus	Acritosia	Cooper & Grant 1969

Scientific Name

Acritosia Cooper & Grant, 1969

Name Published In

Smithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acritosia	genus	belongs to Teguliferininae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Acritosia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Lyttoniidina)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Lyttoniidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lyttoniidina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acritosia laeviplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acritosia magna ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Acritosia magnifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Acritosia ogamensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Acritosia peculiaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	296 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Acritosia silicica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Acritosia solida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Acritosia teguliferoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Acritosia vestibula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1969	Acritosia Cooper and Grant pp. 5-6
2000	Acritosia Williams et al. p. 617
2002	Acritosia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Cooper G. A., Grant R. E. (1969) New Permian brachiopods from west Texas, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1, 1-20

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Smithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 1 - 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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