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Amechilus

Trilobita

Taxonomy
Amechilus was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Amechilus palaora.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. palaora (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Amechilus Ross p. 112
2002Amechilus Jell and Adrain p. 481
2002Amechilus Sepkoski

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

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. †Amechilus Ross 1951
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Amechilus palaora Ross 1951
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-developedg
Created: 2010-02-01 04:02:43
Modified: 2010-02-01 06:02:43
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Stairsian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Alberta) A. tuberculatus (50166)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) A. palaora (103809)