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Amicus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Amicus was named by Koroleva (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: O u]. It is not extant. Its type is Amicus fortunatus.

It was assigned to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Amicus Koroleva
2002Amicus Jell and Adrain p. 340
2002Amicus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusAmicusKoroleva 1967

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. †Amicus Koroleva 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available