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Ampyxoides semicostatus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx semicostatus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 690 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Raphiophorus semicostatus by Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Ampyxoides semicostatus by Whittington (1965); it was recombined as Lonchodomas semicostatus by Sennikov et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ampyx semicostatus Billings p. 297 fig. 287
1925Raphiophorus semicostatus Raymond p. 31 figs. Plate 1, fig. 14, 15
1965Ampyxoides semicostatus Whittington p. 319
2019Lonchodomas semicostatus Sennikov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyxoides
speciessemicostatus(Billings 1865)

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.

Ampyxoides semicostatus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Whiterockian or 458.40000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ampyx semicostatus (104807) Ampyxoides semicostatus (104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ampyx semicostatus (104809 104810 104811 104813 104817 104856 104857 104864) Ampyxoides semicostatus (104862 104868)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Lonchodomas semicostatus (206163 206164)