| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Acroculia erectum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Acroculia erectum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Acroculia |
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| Scientific Name | Acroculia erectum (Hall, 1843) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Platyceras erectum | species | belongs to Acroculia | stated without evidence | Hall, 1843 | | Platyceras erectum | species | belongs to Platyceras | stated without evidence | Hall, 1861 | | Platyceras erectum | species | belongs to Platyceras | stated with evidence | Wagner, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma
Devonian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma
Devonian |
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| Environment | marine (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile, epibiont (based on Platyceras) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | parasite (based on Platyceras) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Platyceratoidea) |
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| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Hall. 1861. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the investigations of the Survey. Geological Survey of Wisconsin Progress Report 1861:11-52 |
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| Hall J. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the investigations of the Survey, Geological Survey of Wisconsin Progress Report 1861, 11-52 |
| Hall J. Geology of New York. Part IV, comprising the survey of the fourth geological district, Natural History of New York 4, 1-683 |
| Hall J. Contributions to palaeontology; comprising descriptions of new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups, Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 15, 29-155 |
| Hall J. , Illustrations of Devonian fossils: Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, Cephalopoda, Crustacea, and corals of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, etc., 1-133 |
| Hall J. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups, Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5 2, 1-492 |
| Grabau A. W., Shimer H. W. (1909) , North American index fossils, invertebrates, 1-909 |
| Prosser C.M., Kindle E.M. (1913) Systematic paleontology of the Middle Devonian deposits of Maryland, Systematic paleontology of the Middle Devonian deposits of Maryland, 115-338 |
| Fagerstrom J. A. (1961) The fauna of the Middle Devonian Formosa Reef Limestone of southwestern Ontario, Journal of Paleontology 35 1, 1-48 |
| Rollins H. B., Eldredge N., et al (1971) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora of the Solsville member (Middle Devonian, Marcellus Formation) in the Chenango Valley, New York State, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144 2, 129-170 |
| Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database |
Acroculia erectum ✝
