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Amplectobelua
Taxonomy
Amplectobelua was named by Hou et al. (1995). Its type is Amplectobelua stephenensis. It is the type genus of Amplectobeluidae. It was considered monophyletic by Vinther et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); to Radiodonta by Daley and Budd (2010); and to Amplectobeluidae by Vinther et al. (2014), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020) and Pates et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); to Radiodonta by Daley and Budd (2010); and to Amplectobeluidae by Vinther et al. (2014), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020) and Pates et al. (2021).
Species
A. stephenensis (type species), A. symbrachiata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Amplectobelua Hou et al. |
| 2007 | Amplectobelua Bambach et al. p. S78 |
| 2010 | Amplectobelua Daley and Budd p. 725 |
| 2014 | Amplectobelua Vinther et al. |
| 2020 | Amplectobelua Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 504 |
| 2021 | Amplectobelua Pates et al. p. 240 |
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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. †Amplectobelua Hou et al. 1995
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†Amplectobelua stephenensis Daley and Budd 2010
†Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available