Acastella

Body parts of a trilobite.

Acastella
Temporal range: Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Suborder:
Phacopina
Superfamily:
Acastoidea
Family:
Acastidae
Genus:
Acastella

Reed, 1925
Species
  • A. spinosa (Salter, 1864) (type) synonyms Phacops downingiae var. spinosa, Acaste downingiae spinosa, Acastava macrocentrus
  • A. granulosa Hollard, 1963
  • A. heberti (Gossellet, 1888)
  • A. jacquemonti Hollard, 1963
  • A. patula Hollard, 1963
  • A. prima Tomczykowa, 1962
  • A. roualti (De Tromelin & Lebescomte, 1875)
  • A. tanzidensis Hollard, 1963
  • A. tiro (R. & E. Richter, 1954)

Acastella is an extinct genus of trilobite.[1] The genus contains six species being A. herberti, A. jacquemonty, A. prima, A. roualti, A. tanzidensis and A. tiro.

  1. ^ Shergold, J.H. (1967). "A revision of Acastella spinosa (SALTER 1864) with notes on related trilobites" (PDF). Palaeontology. 10 (2): 175–188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29.