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Amphissites (Amphikegelites)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy
Amphikegelites was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Amphissites (Amphikegelites) by Olempska and Blaszyk (1996).

It was assigned to Amphissites by Olempska and Blaszyk (1996); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Amphissites (Amphikegelites) Olempska and Blaszyk p. 10
2002Amphikegelites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyAmphissitidae(Knight 1928)
genusAmphissites
subgenusAmphikegelites

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.340

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Kashirian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 313.80000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Amphissites sp. (216040)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Ukraine Amphissites sp. (216041)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amphissites sp. (145694)