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Actinoconchus
Taxonomy
Actinoconchus was named as a genus. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Athyris (Actinoconchus) by Tschernyschew (1902).
It was assigned to Athyris by Tschernyschew (1902); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Athyridinae by Williams et al. (2002).
It was reranked as Athyris (Actinoconchus) by Tschernyschew (1902).
It was assigned to Athyris by Tschernyschew (1902); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Athyridinae by Williams et al. (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Athyris (Actinoconchus) Tschernyschew p. 105 |
| 2002 | Actinoconchus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Actinoconchus Williams et al. p. 1498 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 5.92 | 5.40 | 7.10 | 5.40 | 0.981 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 376.10000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Famennian | China | A. elongatus, A. gigas, A. orbicularis, A. paradoxus (162317) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | China | A. orbicularis, A. paradoxus (162314 162315) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (62494) | |
| Ivorian | Ireland | A. paradoxus (76497) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | A. paradoxus (76501 76515) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom (England) | A. expansa (5971) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (8180) | |
| Visean | China (Xinjiang) | A. planosulcatus (41754 41758) | |
| Visean | Egypt | A. paradoxus (46983) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | A. planosulcatus (5994 5995) | |
| Asbian - Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | A. expansa, A. planosulcatus (5986 5987) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | A. planosulcatus (73391) | |
| Arnsbergian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (67683) | |
| Cisuralian | Russian Federation | A. planosulcatus (110285) | |
| Sakmarian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (100449) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Heilongjiang) | A. planosulcata (61882) | |
| Capitanian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (100696 100700) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Azerbaijan | Athyris planosulcata (132459) |