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Acadoparadoxides

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Acadoparadoxides
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Acadoparadoxides briareus from Morocco. On display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Acadoparadoxides

Šnajdr, 1957
Type species
Acadoparadoxides sacheri
(Barrande, 1852)
Subgenera
  • Acadoparadoxides
  • Baltoparadoxides Šnajdr, 1986[1]
    • A. oelandicus (Sjögren, 1872) (type species) = Paradoxides oelandicus
Synonyms

Eoparadoxides

Acadoparadoxides is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobite belonging to the family Paradoxididae. These fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivores lived in the Middle Cambrian (abt 500 Ma).

Selected species

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The following species have been described:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Subgenus Acadoparadoxides (Baltoparadoxides)". fossiilid.info.
  2. ^ "Acadoparadoxides". Paleobiology Database.