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Acidaspis brightii

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis brightii was named by Murchison (1839). It is the type species of Acidaspis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Acidaspis brightii Murchison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAcidaspisMurchison 1839
speciesbrightiiMurchison 1839

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 brightii Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available