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Acidaspis
Temporal range: Darriwilian 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
  • 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. ^ a b 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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