UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

Acidaspis

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Acidaspis cincinnatiensis
MUGM 14071 and 16018
scale bar is 0.5 mm

Specimen Photo

Acidaspis cincinnatiensis
CMNH 43200
scale bar is 1 cm

Pygidium bears two pairs of small border spines between a major pair of spines. Large spine projects from occipital ring of cranidium; large genal spines. Thorax with ten segments.

Species

Acidaspis cincinnatiensis Meek, 1873
Occurrence: Fulton, Economy, Southgate, McMicken, Mount Hope, Fairmount, Bellevue, Corryville, Mount Auburn, Waynesville
Reference: Whittington, 1956; Babcock, 1996
Includes Acidaspis anchoralis Miller, 1875, Ceratocephala ceralepta Anthony, 1838 (also referred to as Acidaspis ceralepta), and Acidaspis onealli Miller, 1875.

Acidaspis sp.
Occurrence: Clays Ferry
Reference: Ross, 1979