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Amplectobelua

Radiodonta - Amplectobeluidae

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).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Amplectobelua Hou et al.
2007Amplectobelua Bambach et al. p. S78
2010Amplectobelua Daley and Budd p. 725
2014Amplectobelua Vinther et al.
2020Amplectobelua Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 504
2021Amplectobelua Pates et al. p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
orderRadiodontaCollins 1996
familyAmplectobeluidae
genusAmplectobeluaHou et al. 1995

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
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Adult height: 10^4 to < 10^5o
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-02-20 18:44:07
Modified: 2010-02-10 13:25:57
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

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
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Guizhou) A. trispinata (86849)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) A. sp. (86929 86932) A. symbrachiata (90137 90138 90149 90151 90162 90164) A. trispinata (68083 86847 86851)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Hubai) A. sp. (219687)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) A. symbrachiata (132327 132328 132329 132330 194141 194143 194150 194153 194155 194160 194161 194162 194163)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) A. stephenensis (121959)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) A. stephenensis (228654 230682)