Acidiscus
| Acidiscus Temporal range: | |
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| Acidiscus birdi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita (?) |
| Order: | †Agnostida |
| Family: | †Weymouthiidae |
| Genus: | †Acidiscus Rasetti, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Acidiscus birdi | |
| Species | |
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Acidiscus is a genus of eodiscinid trilobite belonging to the family Weymouthiidae Kobayashi T. (1943), Order Agnostida Salter (1864). It lived during the Botomian stage = late Lower Cambrian Stage 4 (upper of two stages subdividing the unnamed Series 2); the upper Botomian boundary corresponds to base of the Middle Cambrian, Miaolingian Series and Wuliuan stage.