Acidaspis
Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow
Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 2 WHITTINGTON, H. B.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Type and Other Species of Odontopleuridae (Trilobita)". Journal of Paleontology. 30 (3): 504–520. JSTOR 1300287.
  2. ↑ The Paleobiology Database Acidaspis entry Accessed 29 November 2010
  3. ↑ "Acidaspis". Global Names Index. Retrieved 2015-01-04.


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