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Ambocoelia
Taxonomy
Ambocoelia was named by Hall (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 25,400]. Its type is Ambocoelia umbonata. It is the type genus of Ambocoeliidae, Ambocoeliinae.
It was reranked as Spirifer (Ambocoelia) by Schellwien (1900).
It was assigned to Spirifer by Schellwien (1900); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ambocoeliinae by George (1931), Williams et al. (2006).
It was reranked as Spirifer (Ambocoelia) by Schellwien (1900).
It was assigned to Spirifer by Schellwien (1900); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ambocoeliinae by George (1931), Williams et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Ambocoelia Hall |
| 1900 | Spirifer (Ambocoelia) Schellwien p. 89 |
| 1931 | Ambocoelia George |
| 2002 | Ambocoelia Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Ambocoelia Williams et al. p. 1733 |
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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. †Ambocoelia Hall 1860
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†Ambocoelia tuberculata Goldman and Mitchell 1990
†Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
†Ambocoelia urii Fleming 1823
†Spirifer (Ambocoelia) circinatus Schellwien 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 8.25 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 0.354 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Collections (466 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow - Pridoli | USA (California) | A. sp. (79807) | |
| Pridoli | Canada (Yukon) | A. sp. (14004) | |
| Pridoli - Lochkovian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | A. sp. (79383) | |
| Early/Lower Lochkovian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (26506) | |
| Helderbergian - Lochkovian | Ukraine | A. praecox (13875) | |
| Lochkovian | Ukraine | A. praecox (14152 23361 23444) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (164824) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. praecox (3703) A. sp. (3729 3733 3738 3739 3741 3743) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. praecox (26653) A. sp. (26411 26487 26495 26505 26537) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Yukon) | A. praecox (14015 24932) A. sp. (24931) | |
| Lochkovian | Australia (New South Wales) | A. dorsiplicata (25705 25706 25707) A. praecox (24900) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (British Columbia) | A. sp. (26567 26568 26570 26571) | |
| Helderbergian - Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp. (25651) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (Ontario) | A. sp. (40058) | |
| Helderbergian | USA (New York) | A. sp. A, A. sp. B (25897) | |
| Lochkovian - Zlichovian | Canada (Yukon) | A. sp. (603) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian | Czechia | A. operculifera (12148) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Colombia | A. sp. (35912 35913 35915) | |
| Pragian | Czechia | A. operculifera (12102 12103 12104) | |
| Pragian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (595) A. sp. a (241382) | |
| Pragian | Australia (New South Wales) | A. sp. (25696) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Yukon) | A. praecox (24933 25273 39394 43668 43713 43969) | |
| Pragian | Czechia (Prague) | A. operculifera (12083) | |
| Siegen | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (164726 164730) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (35710 35711 35713) | |
| Emsian | South Africa | A. pseudoumbonata (35578 35581 35582 35588 35589 35590) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Venezuela | A. sp. (35895) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Colombia | A. pseudoumbonata (36017) A. sp. (35867 35872 35878 35890 35891 35976 35977) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (25756) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Czechia | A. mesodevonica (5783) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (3827 5285) | |
| Eifelian | Bolivia (La Paz) | A. sp. (37056) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. sp. (610) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Maryland) | A. sp. (611 613) | |
| Eifelian | USA (New York) | A. sp. (9562 9564 77056) A. umbonata (9547 9553 9615) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia | A. mesodevonica (5792 5818) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | A. umbonata (40040) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia (Koneprusy) | A. mesodevonica (12257) | |
| Eifelian | Spain (Aragon) | A. sp. (40437) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | South Africa | A. umbonata (54264) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (New York) | A. umbonata (91091 91215 91217 91225 91226 91230 91231 91232 91235 91237 91246 91247 91249 91250 91269) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Ohio) | A. sp. (51855) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | A. umbonata (111920) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | A. gregaria (14340) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia | A. sp. (35884) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. umbonata (34871) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Ontario) | A. tuberculata (76346) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. meristoides (96318) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | A. umbonata (38475 38476) | |
| Givetian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (211438) | |
| Givetian | USA (West Virginia) | A. umbonata (96330 96331) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | A. sp. (8755 8756 8757 8758 8759 8760 8764 8765 8766 8767 8769 8771 8772 8780 8786 8788 8790 8791 8793 8794 8795 8796 8797 8798 8799 8808 8809 8810 8811 8812 8813 8814 8815 8816 8817 8820 8822 8823 8826 8829 8830 8831 8833 8920 8924 8925 8926 8927 8928 8929 8930 8931 8932 8959 8969 8980 9003 9028 9367 9368 9369 9370 9371 10520) A. umbonata (5619 5657 5661 5667 5668 5670 8711 8714 8715 8716 8717 8718 8722 8723 8724 8732 9352 9354 9355 9356 9357 9358 9359 9360 9361 9362 9363 9364 9365 9366 9377 9378 9379 9381 9397 9398 9404 9503 9506 9508 9509 9510 9595 9602 9610 10101 10107 10108 10109 10110 10119 10457 10459 10461 54270 76333 76334 76335 76340 76341 76343 76345 76663 86646 89651 89652 89663 89667 89672 89673 89684 89708 89713 89714 89726 89727 89728 89737 89738 89782 89801 89804 89812 89876 89878 89879 89883 89886 89887 89899 89907 89910 89912 89913 89921 89922 89927 89928 89944 94410 94411 94412 94433 94438 94449 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213 96374 111330 111331 111349 111416 111417 111463) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Manitoba) | A. sp. (228126 228134) A. umbonata (94133) | |
| Givetian | USA (Nevada) | A. recidiva (94276 94277 94408 94409) | |
| Givetian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. sp. (627 670) A. umbonata (9659 9887 9910) | |
| Givetian | USA (Ohio) | A. umbonata (38465 38468 76557 76565) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | Vietnam | A. umbonata (83340) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (54257) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | USA (New York) | A. sp. (65400 65694) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Ontario) | A. sp. (633) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Virginia) | A. umbonata (54265) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Iowa) | A. sp. (6242 6244 6252 35497 35498 35499 54259) | |
| Frasnian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (6257 28966 54239 54240 54241 54242 54243 54244 54245 54246 54247 54248 54249 54250 54256) A. sp. (10307 10316 10317 10318 10319 10321 10323 10335 10337 10382 10402 10406 10407 10414 10415 10416 10418 10420 10427 10436 10437 10439 10440 10441 65696 65698) A. umbonata (3798 3800 3802 3804 3806 3809 3810 10203 54268 54269 76167) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. gregaria (54251) A. umbonata (54266 54267) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Arizona) | A. sp. (6856 6857 6860 6867 6873 6875 6876) | |
| Frasnian | USA (West Virginia) | A. gregaria, A. sp. (54238) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Maryland) | A. umbonata (154360) | |
| Frasnian - Famennian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (636) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112155) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (14239) | |
| Middle Frasnian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (6258) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Russian Federation (Komi) | A. mica (83894) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | USA (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia) | A. sp. (5925) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (3921 3922 3925) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (35384) | |
| Famennian | USA (Ohio) | Ambocoelia indet. (3382) A. sp. (653) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | Spirifera urii (235223) | |
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. gregaria (54237 54252 54253) | |
| Famennian | USA (Montana) | A. gregaria (7224 7232 7242 7249 7303 7304 7309 54254 54255) | |
| Famennian | USA (New York) | A. gregaria (54258) A. praeumbonata, A. umbonata (14261) A. sp. (159983 160622 160675 160677 160730 160733 161256 161257) A. umbonata (54260 54261 54262 54263) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | A. sp. (38298 38299 38300 38302) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | A. sp. (38304) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Missouri) | A. louisianensis, A. minuta (6029) A. minuta (6019 6027 6041) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Ohio) | A. norwoodi (3437 3441 3442 3456) A. sp. (75047) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Illinois) | A. louisianaensis (5929 5930) A. louisianaensis, A. minuta (5931) A. sp. (5749) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (6997) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Iowa) | A. minuta (5932) A. minuta, A. louisianaensis (5933) | |
| Tournaisian | India | Spirifer fusiformis (230343) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | A. planiconvexa (112177) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Arizona) | A. sp. (123798) | |
| Late/Upper Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112183) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Nevada) | A. lobata (12782) | |
| Gzhelian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (134310) | |
| Asselian | Slovenia | Spirifer circinatus (129658) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Laos | A. urii (233571) | |
| Permian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112187 112195) | |
| Kungurian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (134340) |