Acuticarpus

Acuticarpus Temporal range: Late Cambrian,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	†Stylophora
Order:	†Cornuta
Suborder:	†Cothurnocystida
Genus:	†Acuticarpus Sumrall et al., 1997
Type species
†Acuticarpus delticus Sumrall et al., 1997
Species
†Acuticarpus delticus Sumrall et al., 1997 †A. republicensis Sumrall et al., 1997

Acuticarpus is an extinct genus of cornute stylophoran known from the Late Cambrian of the Snowy Range Formation, Wyoming, US.

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.