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Amplectobelua
Taxonomy
Amplectobelua was named by Hou et al. (1995). Its type is Amplectobelua stephenensis. It is the type genus of Amplectobeluidae. It was considered monophyletic by Vinther et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); to Radiodonta by Daley and Budd (2010); and to Amplectobeluidae by Vinther et al. (2014), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020), Pates et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); to Radiodonta by Daley and Budd (2010); and to Amplectobeluidae by Vinther et al. (2014), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020), Pates et al. (2021).
Species
A. stephenensis (type species), A. symbrachiata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Amplectobelua Hou et al. |
| 2007 | Amplectobelua Bambach et al. p. S78 |
| 2010 | Amplectobelua Daley and Budd p. 725 |
| 2014 | Amplectobelua Vinther et al. |
| 2020 | Amplectobelua Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 504 |
| 2021 | Amplectobelua Pates et al. p. 240 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Amplectobelua Hou et al. 1995
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†Amplectobelua stephenensis Daley and Budd 2010
†Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Marjumian or 521.00000 to 497.00000 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atdabanian | China (Guizhou) | A. trispinata (86849) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | A. sp. (86929 86932) A. symbrachiata (90137 90138 90149 90151 90162 90164) A. trispinata (68083 86847 86851) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Hubai) | A. sp. (219687) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | A. symbrachiata (132327 132328 132329 132330 194141 194143 194150 194153 194155 194160 194161 194162 194163) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | A. stephenensis (121959) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | A. stephenensis (228654 230682) |