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Amgaspis

Trilobita - Amgaspididae

Taxonomy
Amgaspis was named by Juan and Zhao [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 467,474]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Amgaspis Jell and Adrain p. 340
2002Amgaspis Sepkoski

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

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. †Amgaspis Juan and Zhao
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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: 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: Amgan or 510.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) A. sp., A. medius (81437)