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Amecephalites
Taxonomy
Amecephalites was named by Eddy and McCollum (1998) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid]. Its type is Amecephalites sundbergi.
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Eddy and McCollum (1998) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Eddy and McCollum (1998) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
A. sundbergi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Amecephalites Eddy and McCollum p. 878 |
| 2002 | Amecephalites Jell and Adrain p. 478 |
| 2002 | Amecephalites Sepkoski |
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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. †Amecephalites Eddy and McCollum 1998
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†Amecephalites sundbergi Eddy and McCollum 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||