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Acaenoplax ✝
Description | Acaenoplax is an extinct worm-shaped mollusc known from the Wenlock Series lagerstätte of Herefordshire, England. It lived in the Silurian period. It was a couple of centimetres long and half a centimetre wide, and comprises serially repeated units with seven or eight shells, and rings of 'spines'. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaenoplax, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Acaenoplax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Acaenoplax Sutton, Briggs, Siveter & Siveter, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Nature (Lond) 410 (6827), 22 March | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. D. Sutton, D. E. G. Briggs, and D. J. Siveter, D. J. Siveter. 2001. An exceptionally preserved vermiform mollusc from the Silurian of England. Nature 410:461 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaenoplax |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acaenoplax hayae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2001 | Acaenoplax Sutton et al. p. 461 |
References
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!