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Amydroptychus markowitzi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Amydroptychus markowitzi was named by Feldman et al. (2012). Its type specimen is AMNH FI-72405, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arda (=Al Aridah) section, Bed 27, which is in a Callovian marine marl in the Mughanniyya Formation of Jordan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Amydroptychus markowitzi Feldman et al. p. 201 fig. 3g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyGibbirhynchiinae
genusAmydroptychus
speciesmarkowitzi

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.

Amydroptychus markowitzi Feldman et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.40

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Jordan Amydroptychus markowitzi (type locality: 153663)