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Amphoton
Taxonomy
Amphoton was named by Lorenz (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16,472]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Peng et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Peng et al. (2004).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Amphoton Lorenz |
| 1942 | Amphoton (Sunia) Kobayashi |
| 1942 | Amphotonella Kobayashi |
| 1957 | Sunia Lu |
| 1982 | Eurodeois Opik |
| 1994 | Eurodeois Wolfart p. 33 |
| 2002 | Amphoton Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Amphotonella Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Sunia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Amphoton Peng et al. |
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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. †Amphoton Lorenz 1906
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†Amphoton alceste Walcott 1905
†Amphoton deois Walcott 1905
†Amphoton oatesi Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
†Amphoton typicum Kobayashi 1942
Invalid names: Amphotonella Kobayashi 1942 [synonym], Eurodeois Opik 1982 [synonym], Sunia Kobayashi 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Boomerangian or 509.00000 to 499.00000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Taijangian | China (Hunan) | A. deois (49156 49157 49158) | |
| Floran - Undillan | Antarctica | Eurodeois tessensohni, Eurodeois sp. (69505) | |
| Wangcunian | China (Hunan) | A. alceste (49165 49284 128313) A. alceste, A. typicum (49161) A. typicum (49162 49163 49164 49283) | |
| Boomerangian | Australia (Queenslandd) | A. arta (225252) | |
| Boomerangian | Australia (Queensland) | A. bensoni (225231) | |
| Guzhangian | Antarctica | A. oatesi (153968) |