Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae
Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe. 1993. Silurian acastacean trilobites of the Americas. Journal of Paleontology 67(4):535-548
Parent taxon: Acastidae according to G. D. Edgecombe 1993
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastava, Acastavinae, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Armorigreenops, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Feruminops, Gourdonia, Greenops, Gudralisium, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Hexacosta, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Mimocryphaeus, Morocconites, Neocalmonia, Paracryphaeus, Pelitlina, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Rheicops, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops
Subtaxa: Llandovacaste birminghamensis
Type: Acaste birminghamensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southeastern outskirts of Birmingham (Silurian of Georgia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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