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Acidaspis
Taxonomy
Acidaspis was named by Murchison (1839). Its type is Acidaspis brightii. It is the type genus of Acidaspidinae.
It was assigned to Acidaspidae by Warburg (1925); to Odontopleurinae by Bruton (1967) and Owen (1981); to Acidaspidinae by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sumrall and Schumacher (2002).
It was assigned to Acidaspidae by Warburg (1925); to Odontopleurinae by Bruton (1967) and Owen (1981); to Acidaspidinae by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sumrall and Schumacher (2002).
Species
A. (Glaphurus), A. (Leonaspis), A. aviensis, A. bispinosa, A. brightii (type species), A. evoluta, A. pectinata, A. viruana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Acidaspis Murchison |
| 1917 | Pseudomonaspis Richter and Richter |
| 1925 | Acidaspis Warburg |
| 1956 | Acidaspis Whittington p. 510 |
| 1967 | Acidaspis Bruton |
| 1981 | Acidaspis Owen |
| 1991 | Acidaspis Ramsköld and Chatterton |
| 2002 | Acidaspis Jell and Adrain p. 337 |
| 2002 | Acidaspis Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Acidaspsis Sumrall and Schumacher |
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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.
G. †Acidaspis Murchison 1839
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Subg. †Acidaspis (Glaphurus) Raymond 1905
Subg. †Acidaspis (Leonaspis) Richter and Richter 1918
†Acidaspis aviensis Bruton 1968
†Acidaspis bispinosa McCoy 1846
†Acidaspis brightii Murchison 1839
†Acidaspis evoluta Törnquist 1884
†Acidaspis pectinata Angelin 1854
†Acidaspis viruana Oepik 1937
Invalid names: Pseudomonaspis Richter and Richter 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available