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Acidaspidinae

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspidinae was named by Salter (1864). It is not extant. Its type is Acidaspis.

It was assigned to Odontopleuridae by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991) and Adrain and Ramskold (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Acidaspidinae Salter
1991Acidaspidinae Ramsköld and Chatterton p. 362
1997Acidaspidinae Adrain and Ramskold p. 239

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAcidaspidinaeSalter 1864
subfamilyAcidaspidinaeSalter 1864

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.

Subfm. †Acidaspidinae Salter 1864
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G. †Exallaspis Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991
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†Exallaspis acarescola Howells 1982
†Exallaspis bruntoni Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
†Exallaspis bufo Ramskold 1984
†Exallaspis coronata Salter 1853
†Exallaspis deflexa Lake 1896
†Exallaspis illinoiensis Weller 1907
†Exallaspis lothiana Lamont 1948
†Exallaspis maccrackeni Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
†Exallaspis marklini Angelin 1854
†Exallaspis muldensis Bruton 1967
†Exallaspis quadrimucronatus Murchison 1839
†Exallaspis varbolensis Bruton 1967
†Leonaspis coronata bufo Ramskold 1984
G. †Gondwanaspis Feist 2002
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†Gondwanaspis dracula Feist and McNamara 2007
†Gondwanaspis harborti Richter and Richter 1926
†Gondwanaspis prisca Feist and McNamara 2007
†Gondwanaspis spinosa Feist and McNamara 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 445.20000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) Leonaspis marklini (8392 8405)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Leonaspis varbolensis (188533)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Wales) Exallaspis varbolensis (50281)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Latvia Leonaspis varbolensis (193027)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Quebec) Exallaspis sp. (184371 184378 184379 184380 184388 184397 184401 184403 184411 184412 185536)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia (Rapla) Leonaspis varbolensis (175516)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Illinois) Exallaspis illinoisensis (2860)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom Leonaspis varbolensis (193024)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Latvia Leonaspis varbolensis (193023)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Leonaspis acarescola (188538) Leonaspis varbolensis (188535)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Norway Leonaspis varbolensis (14303)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (Wales) Exallaspis whittardi (50156 50160)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Exallaspis maccrackeni (184996) Exallaspis sp. (186082)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Exallaspis maccrackeni (186065 186068) Exallaspis sp. (184408 184409 186070 186088)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4United Kingdom (Shropshire) Exallaspis whittardi (49601)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Exallaspis bruntoni (186086) Exallaspis maccrackeni (186089) Exallaspis sp. (186087)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Shropshire) Exallaspis whittardi (49580)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Leonaspis lothiana (188546)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4Sweden Leonaspis marklini (192273)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Exallaspis coronata (79893)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Leonaspis marklini (192330)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Leonaspis marklini (193022) Leonaspis marklini, Leonaspis muldensis (192362)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Mexico (Tamaulipas) Exallaspis sp. (5121 5123)
Gleedonian425.4 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Leonaspis coronata (228990)
Elton423.0 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) Leonaspis coronata (75051 75052)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France (Montagne Noire) Gondwanaspis prisca (223212)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Gondwanaspis dracula (214757) Gondwanaspis spinosa, Gondwanaspis dracula (214754)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany Ceratocephala harborti (157754) Gondwanaspis harborti (223214)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Gondwanaspis spinosa (214755 214756)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) Dudleyaspis harborti (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Morocco Gondwanaspis mrirtensis (35385)