Acuticarpus fossil map
Where fossils of Acuticarpus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 500 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 500 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Ediacaran & Cambrian life |
|---|---|
| Lived | 497–486.85 million years ago (Paibian to Stage 10) |
| Periods | Cambrian |
| Family | Cothurnocystidae |
| Named by | Sumrall et al. 1997 |
| Fossil records | 2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States |
| Rock formations | Snowy Range |
About Acuticarpus
Acuticarpus is an extinct genus of cornute stylophoran known from the Late Cambrian of the Snowy Range Formation, Wyoming, US.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Acuticarpus (revision 1297954894), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q132187081.
