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Amphissites sinensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy
Amphissites sinensis was named by Hou (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is By76, Shangzhuyan, Maanshan, Changyang district, which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Amphissites sinensis Hou p. 232 figs. Pl 1, fig 4

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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
speciessinensis

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
No measurements are available
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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) Amphissites sinensis (type locality: 145990 145991)