Acastidae
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Acastidae is a family of trilobites in the order Phacopidae
, suborder Phacopina
, superfamily Acastoidea
, containing the following genera:
Phacopidae
Phacopidae is a family of trilobites of the order Phacopida, including the following genera:*Acernaspis*Acuticryphops*Adastocephalum*Afrops*Ainasuella*Altaesajania*Ananaspis*Angulophacops*Arduennops...
, suborder Phacopina
Phacopina
Phacopina is a suborder including many trilobites.-External links:* - various photos, some of Phacopina...
, superfamily Acastoidea
Acastoidea
Acastoidea is a superfamily of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina. This superfamily is divided into two families, Acastidae and Calmoniidae. This superfamily is distinguishable from the Phacopidae in that eyes are closer to the glabella and that the glabella has lobes, unlike...
, containing the following genera:
- AcastavaAcastavaAcastava is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, from the upper Pragian period of the Devonian.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- AcasteAcaste (genus)Acaste is a genus of extinct trilobite of the order Phacopida which lived throughout the Silurian period. They are characterized by a convex dorsal surface, an absence of spines, a shortening of the head-shield and a general rounding off of all angles . Species include Acaste downingiae and...
- AcastellaAcastellaAcastella is an extinct genus of trilobite. It contains six species, A. heberti, A. jacquemonti, A. prima, A. roualti, A. tanzidensis, A. tiro.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- AcastellinaAcastellinaAcastellina is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Germany. It was described by Richter and Richter in 1954. The type species is Acastellina nolens, originally described as a species of Acastella....
- AcastocephalaAcastocephalaAcastocephala is a genus of trilobite from the middle Silurian.-Sources:* * *...
- AcastoidesAcastoidesAcastoides is an extinct genus of trilobite of the Devonian found in Morocco.-External links:** at the Paleobiology Database...
- AcastopygeAcastopygeAcastopyge is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Poland. It was named by E. Tomczykowa in 1974, and the type species is Acastopyge shergoldi.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Armorigreenops
- AsteropygeAsteropygeAsteropyge is an extinct genus of trilobite. It contains one species, A. perforata.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Baniaspis
- BellacartwrightiaBellacartwrightiaBellacartwrightia is a relatively uncommon genus of Phacopid trilobite, found in the mid-Devonian Hamilton Group of New York state, mainly in strata exposed near Lake Erie just west of Buffalo. This trilobite is usually about 1.5" to 2" long...
- Bradocryphaeus
- Braunops
- BreizhopsBreizhopsBreizhops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Brittany, France. It was described by Morzadec in 1983, and the type species is Breizhops lanceolatus.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Centauropyge
- Chimaerastella
- Coltraneia
- Comura
- Cryphina
- Delocare
- Deloops
- Destombesina
- Dunopyge
- Echinopyge
- ErbenochileErbenochileErbenochile is a genus of spinose phacopid trilobite found in Lower to Middle Devonian age rocks from Algeria and Morocco. Originally described from an isolated pygidium , the first complete articulated specimen of E...
- Ewacaste
- Feruminops
- Gourdonia
- GreenopsGreenopsGreenops is a mid-sized Devonian trilobite of the order Phacopida, subfamily Asteropyginae.They are mainly reported from the mid-Devonian Hamilton Group of upstate New York and southwestern Ontario...
- Gudralisium
- Hallandclarkeops
- Harringtonacaste
- Heliopyge
- Hexacosta
- Hollardops
- Kayserops
- Kennacryphaeus
- Kloucekia
- Llandovacaste
- Metacanthina
- Mimocryphaeus
- MorocconitesMorocconitesMorocconites is an extinct genus of Trilobite in the order Phacopida found in the Atlas mountain range, Morocco.-External links:* *...
- Mrakibina
- Neocalmonia
- Neometacanthus
- Paracryphaeus
- Pelitlina
- Phacopidina
- Philonyx
- Pilletina
- Protacanthina
- Pseudocryphaeus
- Psychopyge
- Quadratispina
- Quadrops
- Radiopyge
- Rheicops
- Rhenops
- Saharops
- Sanidopyge
- Scotiella
- Sokhretia
- Stummiana
- Talus
- Tolkienia
- Treveropyge
- Turcopyge
- WalliseropsWalliseropsWalliserops is a genus of spinose phacopid trilobite found in Lower to Middle Devonian age rocks from Morocco. All species of Walliserops share, and are famous for, the spectacular three-pronged "trident" that rises from the glabella...