Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Alternative spelling: Acidaspsis
Synonym: Pseudomonaspis Richter and Richter 1917
Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to A. W. Owen 1981
See also Bruton 1967, Jell and Adrain 2002, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991, Sepkoski 2002, Sumrall and Schumacher 2002, Warburg 1925 and Whittington 1956
Sister taxa: Anacaenaspis, Bojokoralaspis, Charybdaspis, Chlustinia, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Eoleonaspis, Funeralaspis, Kettneraspis, Leonaspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis
Subtaxa: Acidaspis (Glaphurus) Acidaspis (Leonaspis) Acidaspis aviensis Acidaspis bispinosa Acidaspis brightii Acidaspis evoluta Acidaspis pectinata Acidaspis shanensis Acidaspis viruana
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Michigan collection)
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Canada (16: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Ireland (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Iowa, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Estonia (2), Ireland (1), Latvia (1), Norway (2), Sweden (6), United States (36: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Cambrian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 79 collections including 80 occurrences
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