Acuticarpus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of echinoderms}}
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| fossil_range = Late Cambrian, {{Geological range|497.0|486.85}}
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| taxon = Acuticarpus
| authority = Sumrall et al., 1997
| type_species = †Acuticarpus delticus
| type_species_authority = Sumrall et al., 1997
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- †Acuticarpus delticus {{small|Sumrall et al., 1997}}
- †A. republicensis {{small|Sumrall et al., 1997}}
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Acuticarpus is an extinct genus of cornute stylophoran known from the Late Cambrian of the Snowy Range Formation, Wyoming, US.{{Cite journal |last1=Sumrall |first1=Colin D. |last2=Sprinkle |first2=James |last3=Guensburg |first3=Thomas E. |date=November 1997 |title=Systematics and paleoecology of Late Cambrian echinoderms from the western United States |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/systematics-and-paleoecology-of-late-cambrian-echinoderms-from-the-western-united-states/C81D83D9A71EA44A1BA29FAC126B7F71 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=71 |issue=6 |pages=1091–1109 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000036052 |bibcode=1997JPal...71.1091S |issn=0022-3360}}
Etymology
The generic name derives from the combination of the Latin acutus, meaning "sharp edge", and the Greek carpos, meaning "sac", in reference to the sharp edge of its left thecal margin. The specific epithet of A. delticus references the triangular outline of the theca, while the one of A. republicensis references Republic Creek, Wyoming, the collection place of its holotype.
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Category:Carboniferous echinoderms
Category:Prehistoric echinoderm genera
Category:Taxa described in 1997
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