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Amgaspididae

Trilobita - Amgaspididae

Taxonomy
Amgaspididae was named by Chernysheva (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Amgaspididae Chernysheva
2002Amgaspididae Jell and Adrain p. 465
2011Amgaspididae Adrain p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAmgaspididaeChernysheva 1960
familyAmgaspididaeChernysheva 1960

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.

Fm. †Amgaspididae Chernysheva 1960
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G. †Amgaspis Juan and Zhao
G. †Eodontopleura Zhang et al. 1980
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Eodontopleura primitiva Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Paramgaspis Yuan et al. 1997
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Paramgaspis guizhouensis Yuan et al. 1997
G. †Solontzella Repina 1959
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-08 02:18:11
Modified: 2010-02-08 04:18:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Amgan or 516.00000 to 505.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian516.0 - 513.0China (Guizhou) Eodontopleura primitiva (127812)
Lenian516.0 - 513.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Solontzella modesta (57023)
Toyonian516.0 - 513.0Antarctica Solontzella sp. (56050)
Toyonian516.0 - 513.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Solontzella sucata (81319)
Toyonian516.0 - 513.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Solontzella modesta (81434) Solontzella sulcata (81439)
Amgan513.0 - 505.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Amgaspis sp., Amgaspis medius (81437)
Taijangian513.0 - 505.0China (Guizhou) Paramgaspis guizhouensis (125197)