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Amphoton typicum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Amphoton (Sunia) typica was named by Kobayashi (1942). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Amphoton typicum by Peng et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. arta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Amphoton (Sunia) typica Kobayashi
2004Amphoton typicum Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusAmphotonLorenz 1906
speciestypicum(Kobayashi 1942)

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.

†Amphoton typicum Kobayashi 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-02-25 08:56:16
Modified: 2009-02-25 10:56:16
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wangcunian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Amphoton typicum (49161 49162 49163 49164 49283)