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Amphiroaspis amphiro

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Carbonocoryphe (Winterbergia) amphiro was named by Hahn et al. (1996). Its type specimen is SMF 429612 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kramberg, E of the Kramberg, N of road Uckersdorf-Erdbach, which is in an Ivorian carbonate limestone in the Erdbach Limestone Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Amphiroaspis.

It was recombined as Amphiroaspis amphiro by Müller and Hahn (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Carbonocoryphe (Winterbergia) amphiro Hahn et al. pp. 171-173 figs. pl.5, fig. 1a, b
2018Amphiroaspis amphiro Müller and Hahn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyWeaniinaeOwens 1983
genusAmphiroaspisMüller and Hahn 2018
speciesamphiro()

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.

Amphiroaspis amphiro Hahn et al. 1996
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Amphiroaspis amphiro (229351)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany Carbonocoryphe amphiro (type locality: 37189)