Acastellina

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Acastellina
Temporal range: Lower Devonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Acastidae
Genus: Acastellina
Richter & Richter, 1954
Species
  • A. nolens(Richter & Richter, 1952) (type) synonym Acaste nolens
  • A. errabundaBasse 1998 [1]

Acastellina is a genus of minute trilobites 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 . [2]

References

  1. Franke, Christian (2010). "Marine Fauna der Wiltz-Schichten (Ober-Emsium, Unter-Devon) der Mulde von Wiltz und der Daleider Mulden-Gruppe (Luxemburg, Deutschland): Teil 1" (PDF). Ferrantia - Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg. 58: 5–60.
  2. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.