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Amecephalites sundbergi

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Amecephalites sundbergi was named by Eddy and McCollum (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 493103 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Amecephalites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Amecephalites sundbergi Eddy and McCollum p. 879 figs. Figure 9.1-9.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusAmecephalites
speciessundbergi

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.

†Amecephalites sundbergi Eddy and McCollum 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Solvan or 510.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Amecephalites sundbergi (9421 9443)