Acidaspis
Appearance
Acidaspis Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow
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Acidaspis elliptica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Odontopleurida |
Family: | †Odontopleuridae |
Genus: | †Acidaspis Murchison, 1839 |
Species | |
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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
[edit]- Acidaspis emarginata = Anabaraspis emarginata[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ The Paleobiology Database Acidaspis entry Accessed 29 November 2010
- ^ "Acidaspis". Global Names Index. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
Categories:
- Odontopleuridae
- Odontopleurida genera
- Ordovician trilobites of North America
- Silurian trilobites of Europe
- Silurian trilobites of North America
- Paleontology in Ohio
- Paleontology in New York (state)
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Trilobite stubs