Biology:Acastella

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobite


Body parts of a trilobite.

Acastella
Temporal range: Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Suborder:
Phacopina
Superfamily:
Acastoidea
Family:
Acastidae
Genus:
Acastella

Reed, 1925
Species
  • A. spinosa (Salter, 1864) (type) synonyms Phacops downingiae var. spinosa, Acaste downingiae spinosa, Acastava macrocentrus
  • A. granulosa Hollard, 1963
  • A. heberti (Gossellet, 1888)
  • A. jacquemonti Hollard, 1963
  • A. patula Hollard, 1963
  • A. prima Tomczykowa, 1962
  • A. roualti (De Tromelin & Lebescomte, 1875)
  • A. tanzidensis Hollard, 1963
  • A. tiro (R. & E. Richter, 1954)

Acastella is an extinct genus of trilobite.[1] The genus contains six species being A. herberti, A. jacquemonty, A. prima, A. roualti, A. tanzidensis and A. tiro.

References

  1. ↑ Shergold, J.H. (1967). "A revision of Acastella spinosa (SALTER 1864) with notes on related trilobites". Palaeontology 10 (2): 175–188. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029212955/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2010/Pages%20175-188.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4672164 entry




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