page_title: Minicryphaeus
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Minicryphaeus / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: A Minicryphaeus minimus, 25mm long, caudal view of the pygidium, order Phacopida, family Acastidae, collected in Morocco, from the Devonian
context_page_description: Minicryphaeus is a genus of trilobite, that lived during the Pragian in what is today Morocco.
context_section_description: Minicryphaeus was split-off from Pseudocryphaeus. The main differences are that in Minicryphaeus the genal spines are about 75% of the length of the glabella, the spaces between the lateral pygidial lappets are V-shaped, and the terminal spine is triangular and longer than the other lappets. In Pseudocryphaeus the genal spines are about half as long as the glabella, the spaces between the lappets are U-shaped, and the terminal spine is pentangular.
caption: Pygidium of Minicryphaeus minimus, showing the lateral and terminal lappets
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