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]
| Acidaspis Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow
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| Acidaspis elliptica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Odontopleurida |
| Family: | †Odontopleuridae |
| Genus: | †Acidaspis Murchison, 1839 |
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Pseudomonaspis Richter & Richter, 1917[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.
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