Acastellina
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Acastellina 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
.
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
in the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, which existed in what is now Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was described by Richter and Richter in 1954. The type species is Acastellina nolens, originally described as a species of Acastella
Acastella
Acastella 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...
.
External links
- Acastellina at the Paleobiology DatabasePaleobiology Database' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...