†subfamily Acidaspidinae Salter 1864 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to J. M. Adrain and L. Ramskold 1997

See also Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991

Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra

Subtaxa: Exallaspis Gondwanaspis

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Type: Acidaspis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), France (3), Germany (2), Morocco (1)

• Silurian of Canada (22: Quebec), Estonia (1), Latvia (2), Mexico (2), Norway (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (13), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 57 collections including 59 occurrences

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