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Ampullatocephalina

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Taxonomy
Ampullatocephalina was named by Lu and Qian (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Menomoniidae by Park and Choi (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ampullatocephalina Lu and Qian
2002Ampellatocephalina Sepkoski
2011Ampullatocephalina Park and Choi p. 489

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
genusAmpullatocephalinaLu and Qian 1983

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. †Ampullatocephalina Lu and Qian 1983
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:24:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:26:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available