Acastoides
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| Acastoides zguilmensis, Devonian, Morocco. | |
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| Genus: | Acastoides Delo, 1935
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Acastoides is an extinct genus of trilobite that lived during the Silurian and Devonian. It has been found in Bolivia, France, Morocco, Poland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Distribution
- A. constricta is found in the Silurian of the United Kingdom (Wenlock, Woolhope Shale, Worcestershire, Malvern).[2]
Taxonomy
Species previously assigned to Acastoides
- A. verneuili = Calmonia terrarocenai[3]
References
- ^ Sherwood, J.H. (1966). "A Revision of Acaste downingiae (Murchinson) and related trilobites" (PDF). Palaeontology. 9 (2): 183–207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "42 (Acastoides constricta)". The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the Lapworth Museum of Geology and the University of Birmingham Collections. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Edgecombe, G.D. (1993). "Silurian Acastacean trilobites of the Americas" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 67 (4): 535–548.
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