Acastellina

Acastellina
Temporal range: Lower Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Suborder: Phacopina
Superfamily: Acastoidea
Family: Acastidae
Genus: Acastellina
Richter & Richter, 1954
Species
  • A. nolens (Richter & Richter, 1952) (type) synonym Acaste nolens
  • A. errabunda Basse 1998[1]

Acastellina is a genus of minute trilobites in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Germany. It was described by Richter and Richter in 1954. The type species is Acastellina nolens, originally described as a species of Acastella.[2]

References

  1. Franke, Christian (2010). "Marine Fauna der Wiltz-Schichten (Ober-Emsium, Unter-Devon) der Mulde von Wiltz und der Daleider Mulden-Gruppe (Luxemburg, Deutschland): Teil 1" (PDF). Ferrantia - Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg 58: 5–60.
  2. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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