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Ampyx nasutus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Asaphus (Ampyx) nasutus was named by Dalman (1827). It is the type species of Asaphus (Ampyx).

It was recombined as Ampyx nasutus by d'Eichwald (1840), Tjernvik and Johansson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Asaphus (Ampyx) nasutus Dalman
1840Ampyx nasutus d'Eichwald p. 90
1980Ampyx nasutus Tjernvik and Johansson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyx()
speciesnasutus()

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.

†Ampyx nasutus Dalman 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-09 08:21:51
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:21:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Valaste or 471.30000 to 465.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunderum472.1 - 465.9Sweden Ampyx nasutus (198049 198061)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden Ampyx nasutus (198037 198039 198041)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Latvia Ampyx nasutus (207274)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation Ampyx nasutus (157148)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Ampyx nasutus (188210 188214 188215 188217 188218 188219 188221 188222 188226 188236 188279 188284 188290 188298 188299 188301)