Biology:Acadoparadoxides

Acadoparadoxides Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Acadoparadoxides briareus from Morocco. On display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	Redlichiina
Family:	Paradoxididae
Genus:	Acadoparadoxides Šnajdr, 1957
Type species
Acadoparadoxides sacheri (Barrande, 1852)
Subgenera
Acadoparadoxides A. sacheri (Barrande, 1852) (type species) = Paradoxides sacheri Šnajdr, 1986 A. oelandicus (Sjögren, 1872) (type species) = Paradoxides oelandicus Baltoparadoxides
Synonyms
Eoparadoxides

Acadoparadoxides is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobite belonging to the family Paradoxididae. These fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivores lived in the Middle Cambrian (abt 500 Ma).

Selected species

The following species have been described:

• Acadoparadoxides ovatopyge Acadoparadoxides levisettii
• Acadoparadoxides briareus Geyer, 1993
• Geyer and Vincent 2015 Geyer and Vincent 2015
• Acadoparadoxides mureroensis Acadoparadoxides harlani
• Sdzuy 1958 Geyer and Vincent 2015
• Acadoparadoxides deani Green 1834
• Geyer 1998 Acadoparadoxides nobilis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q481653 entry