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Ampyxinella rotundata

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyxinella rotundata was named by Zhang (1979). Its type specimen is NI24120, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Ampyxinella ovata Zhang
1979Ampyxinella rotundata Zhang figs. pl. 1 fig. 1
1981Ampyxinella circulare Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyxinellaKorleva 1959
speciesrotundataZhang 1979

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.

Ampyxinella rotundata Zhang 1979
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Invalid names: Ampyxinella circulare Zhang 1981 [synonym], Ampyxinella ovata Zhang 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Katian or 453.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Ampyxinella rotundata (188402 188403 188405 188406 188407 188411 188412 188415 188416 188417)