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Amorphella

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Amorphella was named by Rozova (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. Its type is Amorphella modesta.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aphelaspididae by Rozova (1968), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
A. magna, A. modesta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Amorphella Rozova
1968Amorphella Rozova
2002Amorphella Jell and Adrain p. 340
2002Amphorella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusAmorphellaRozova 1963

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. †Amorphella Rozova 1963
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Amorphella magna Rozova 1968
Amorphella modesta Rozova 1963
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Yurakian or 495.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) A. modesta (133600 133602)
Yurakian495.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) A. magna (131095 131350) A. modesta (131346 131401 131424) A. modesta, A. magna (131096 131097 131405)