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Acidaspis evoluta

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis evoluta was named by Törnquist (1884).

It was recombined as Primaspis evoluta by Bruton (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Acidaspis dalecarlica Tornquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1884Acidaspis dalecarlica Törnquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1884Acidaspis evoluta Törnquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1906Acidaspis evoluta Reed
1906Acidaspis dalecarlica Reed pp. 119 - 120 figs. pl. 16 f. 7
1966Primaspis evoluta Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAcidaspisMurchison 1839
speciesevolutaTörnquist 1884

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acidaspis evoluta Törnquist 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:01:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:01:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Katian or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Acidaspis evoluta (124939)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) Acidaspis evoluta (158137)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Acidaspis evoluta (73414)