Biology:Acidaspis

Acidaspis; Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
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

Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

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

↑ ^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.
↑ The Paleobiology Database Acidaspis entry Accessed 29 November 2010
↑ "Acidaspis". http://gni.globalnames.org/data_sources/30?page=3&search_term=ns%3AANA*.

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Acidaspis Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
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]