Acidaspis

{{short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = Darriwilian to Ludlow {{fossilrange|460.5|418.7}} |image = Acidaspis elliptica.jpg |image_caption = ''Acidaspis elliptica'' |taxon = Acidaspis |authority = Murchison, 1839 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = *''A. brightii'' *''A. bucco'' *''A. cincinnatiensis'' *''A. magnospina'' *''A. viruana'' *''A. barrandei''Fletcher & Salter, ''non'' Angelin. (P1. YIII. figs. 1-3.) 1848. |synonyms = ''Pseudomonaspis'' <small>Richter & Richter, 1917</small><ref name="Whittington1956">{{cite journal |last1=WHITTINGTON |first1=H. B. |last2=MacPhee |first2=R.D.E. |year=1996 |title=Type and Other Species of Odontopleuridae (Trilobita) |journal= Journal of Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=504–520 |jstor=1300287}}</ref> }}

'''''Acidaspis''''' is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobite from the Ordovician to Silurian of North America and Europe.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19777 The Paleobiology Database ''Acidaspis'' entry] Accessed 29 November 2010</ref> Although small, it had long spines along its body.<ref name="Whittington1956"/>

== Reassigned species ==

*''Acidaspis emarginata'' = ''Anabaraspis emarginata''<ref>{{cite web|website= Global Names Index|title= Acidaspis|url= http://gni.globalnames.org/data_sources/30?page=3&search_term=ns%3AANA*|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Odontopleuridae Category:Odontopleurida genera Category:Ordovician trilobites of North America Category:Silurian trilobites of Europe Category:Silurian trilobites of North America Category:Paleontology in Ohio Category:Paleontology in New York (state) Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec