Acernaspis
| Acernaspis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Family: | Phacopidae |
| Genus: | Acernaspis Campbell, 1967 |
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Acernaspis is an extinct genus Silurian of Trilobite. It contains two species, A. elliptifrons, and A. salmoensis. It is sometimes found preserved in burrows of various forms, sometimes in association with multiple moults, suggesting that it used the tunnels as refugia whilst in its vulnerable moulting stage.[1]
External links
- Acernaspis at the Paleobiology Database
References
- ↑ Chatterton, B. D. E.; Collins, D. H.; Ludvigsen, R. (2003). "Cryptic behaviour in trilobites: Cambrian and Silurian examples from Canada, and other related occurrences". In Lane, P. D; Siveter, D. J; Fortey, R. A. Trilobites and Their Relatives. Special Papers in Palaeontology 70. The Palaeontological Association. pp. 157–173. ISBN 9780901702814.