Acidaspis

Acidaspis
Temporal range: Actonian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Lichida
Superfamily: Odontopleurida
Family: Odontopleuridae
Genus: Acidaspis
Murchison, 1839
Species
  • A. brightii
  • A. bucco
  • A. cincinnatiensis
  • A. magnospina
  • A. viruana
Synonyms

Pseudomonaspis Richter & Richter, 1917[1]

Acidaspis is an extinct genus of Odontopleurid trilobite from the 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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