Acastidae

Acastidae
Coltraneia oufatenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Suborder: Phacopina
Superfamily: Acastoidea
Family: Acastidae
Delo, 1935
subfamilies[1]
  • Acastinae Delo, 1935
  • Acastavinae Struve, 1958
  • Asteropyginae Delo, 1935
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Acastidae is a family of trilobites in the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, superfamily Acastoidea, containing the following genera:[2]

  • Paracryphaeus
  • Pelitlina
  • Phacopidina
  • Philonyx
  • Pilletina
  • Protacanthina
  • Pseudocryphaeus
  • Psychopyge
  • Quadratispina
  • Quadrops
  • Radiopyge
  • Rheicops
  • Rhenops
  • Saharops
  • Sanidopyge
  • Scotiella
  • Sokhretia
  • Stummiana
  • Talus
  • Tolkienia
  • Treveropyge
  • Turcopyge
  • Walliserops

References

  1. Lieberman, B.S.; Kloc, G.J. (1997). "Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns in the Asteropyginae (Trilobita, Devonian) Delo, 1935". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 232: 127.
  2. S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2010.


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