Biology:Acidaspis

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Acidaspis
Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma
Acidaspis elliptica.jpg
Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Odontopleurida
Family: Odontopleuridae
Genus: Acidaspis
Murchison, 1839
Species
  • A. brightii
  • A. bucco
  • A. cincinnatiensis
  • A. magnospina
  • A. viruana
  • A. barrandeiFletcher & Salter, non Angelin. (P1. YIII. figs. 1-3.) 1848.
Synonyms

Pseudomonaspis Richter & Richter, 1917[1]

Acidaspis is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobite from the Ordovician to Silurian of North America and Europe.[2] Although small, it had long spines along its body.[1]

Reassigned species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WHITTINGTON, H. B.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Type and Other Species of Odontopleuridae (Trilobita)". Journal of Paleontology 30 (3): 504–520. 
  2. The Paleobiology Database Acidaspis entry Accessed 29 November 2010
  3. "Acidaspis". http://gni.globalnames.org/data_sources/30?page=3&search_term=ns%3AANA*. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2549124 entry