{"id":2161,"date":"2013-11-12T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=2161"},"modified":"2016-09-22T09:44:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:44:44","slug":"acidaspis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/arthropoda\/trilobita\/lichida\/odontopleuridae\/acidaspis\/","title":{"rendered":"Acidaspis<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Arthropoda<\/a>
\nClass: Trilobita<\/a>
\nOrder: Lichida<\/a>
\nFamily: Odontopleuridae<\/a>
\nGenus: Acidaspis<\/em> Murchison, 1839
\nCincinnatian Species: Acidaspis cincinnatiensis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSynonyms<\/strong>: Pseudomonaspis<\/em> Richter and Richter, (1917)[\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Middle Devonian<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nAcidaspis<\/em> is an extinct genus of fast moving, low level epifaunal carnivores.<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Small, spiny, and covered with numerous tubercules.<\/li>\n
  • Glabella convex, overhangs the cephalon.<\/li>\n
  • Cephalon short and wide.<\/li>\n
  • Thick, long medial spine on occipital ring.<\/li>\n
  • Thorax has 10 segments.<\/li>\n
  • Pygidium small, with seven pairs of marginal spines.<\/li>\n
  • Complete specimens are exceedingly rare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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