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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 Trilobita by Sumrall and Schumacher (2002); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (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 Trilobita by Sumrall and Schumacher (2002); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Eifelian or 492.50000 to 387.70000 Ma
Collections (79 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trempealeauan | USA (Nevada) | A. ulrichi (203998) | |
| Caradoc | USA (Ohio) | A. cincinnatiensis (64423) | |
| Actonian - Onnian | Sweden | A. sp. (2771) | |
| Keila - Oandu | Sweden (Dalarne) | A. sp. (73855) | |
| Chatfieldian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (34563 48803) A. sp. a (99334) | |
| Katian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. b (100539) | |
| Katian | Sweden (Dalarna) | A. sp., A. evoluta (124939) | |
| Katian - Hirnantian | Sweden (Dalarne) | A. bispinosa (73413) | |
| Rakvere | Estonia | A. viruana (161316) | |
| Edenian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (48788 72711 72712 72714 72728 72734 72756 72760 73004) Acidaspsis sp. (154339) | |
| Edenian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. cincinnatiensis (34895) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Ohio) | A. sp. (72601 72605 72814 72822 72980 72983 72997) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (72697 72788 73076 73103) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Michigan) | A. sp. (26307) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (72489 72500 72501 72938) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Ohio) | A. sp. (72607 72806 72809 72811) | |
| Pirgu - Hirnantian | Sweden (Dalarne) | A. evoluta (73414) | |
| Pirgu - Hirnantian | Sweden (Dalarna) | A. evoluta (158137) | |
| Ashgill - Llandovery | Canada (Québec) | A. sp. (24501) | |
| Cautleyan - Hirnantian | Ireland | A. bispinosa (161780) | |
| Rawtheyan | Norway | A. sp. (163404) | |
| Rawtheyan - Hirnantian | Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) | A. sp. (365) | |
| Porkuni | Estonia (Ida-Viru) | A. aviensis (163469) | |
| Porkuni | Latvia | A. sp. (173687) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Quebec) | A. sp. (11353) | |
| Llandovery | USA (Iowa) | A. sp. (24946) | |
| Aeronian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (454) | |
| Telychian | Canada (Ontario) | A. sp. (77326 77328) | |
| Telychian | United Kingdom (Shropshire) | A. sp. (49580) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Sweden (Gotland) | A. pectinata (162435) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Czech Republic | A. grayi (14123) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. sp. (26004) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (26003) | |
| Wenlock | Ireland | A. sp. (500) | |
| Wenlock | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. jessi (695 696 26061 26062 26063) A. sp. (683 689 26064) | |
| Wenlock | United Kingdom (England) | A. brightii (79893) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. jessi (26049 26051) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Wisconsin) | A. sp. (24937) | |
| Whitwellian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. jessi (26050) A. lesperancei (26035 26042 26048) | |
| Ludlow | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. jessi (698) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Michigan) | A. sp. A (207844) |