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Acidaspis Temporal range: Darriwilian to Ludlow 460.5–418.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Acidaspis elliptica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

• Acidaspis emarginata = Anabaraspis emarginata

References

1. ^ 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.

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