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Acastidae

Acastidae
Coltraneia oufatenensis, Middle Devonian, Hamar L'Aghdad Limestone, Morocco - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01505.JPG
Coltraneia oufatenensis
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Acastidae

Delo, 1935
subfamilies[1]
  • Acastinae Delo, 1935
  • Acastavinae Struve, 1958
  • Asteropyginae Delo, 1935

Acastidae is a family of trilobites in the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, superfamily Acastoidea, containing the following genera:[2]

  • Acastava
  • Acaste
  • Acastella
  • Acastellina
  • Acastocephala
  • Acastoides
  • Acastopyge
  • Armorigreenops
  • Asteropyge
  • Baniaspis
  • Bellacartwrightia
  • Bradocryphaeus
  • Braunops
  • Breizhops
  • Centauropyge
  • Chimaerastella
  • Coltraneia
  • Comura
  • Cryphina
  • Delocare
  • Deloops
  • Destombesina
  • Dunopyge
  • Echinopyge
  • Erbenochile
  • Ewacaste
  • Feruminops
  • Gourdonia
  • Greenops
  • Gudralisium
  • Hallandclarkeops
  • Harringtonacaste
  • Heliopyge
  • Hexacosta
  • Hollardops
  • Kayserops
  • Kennacryphaeus
  • Kloucekia
  • Llandovacaste
  • Metacanthina
  • Mimocryphaeus
  • Minicryphaeus
  • Morocconites
  • 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
  • Walliserops

References

  1. ^ Lieberman, B.S.; Kloc, G.J. (1997). "Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns in the Asteropyginae (Trilobita, Devonian) Delo, 1935". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 232: 127. hdl:2246/1623.
  2. ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2010.


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