Acidaspis

Acidaspis
Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma
Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †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

Acidaspis is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobite from the Ordovician to Silurian of North America and Europe. Although small, it had long spines along its body.

Reassigned species

References

  1. 1 2 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.