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Ampyx virginiensis
Taxonomy
Ampyx virginiensis was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 116450b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Ampyx virginiensis Cooper p. 16 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 2, 9 |
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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.
†Ampyx virginiensis Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turinian | USA (Virginia) | Ampyx virginiensis (73342) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Virginia) | Ampyx virginiensis (73341 73345) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Virginia) | Ampyx virginiensis (73343 73344 105255) |