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Amphissites

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Amphissites Girty p. 235
1933Amphissites Harlton p. 22
1954Amphissites Sohn p. 12
1961Amphissites Benson et al. p. Q165
2000Amphissites Hoare and Mapes p. 5
2002Amphissites Sepkoski
2002Binodella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyAmphissitidae(Knight 1928)
genusAmphissites

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. †Amphissites Girty 1910
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Amphissites bushi Harlton 1933
Amphissites carinodus Cooper 1957
Amphissites centronotus Ulrich and Bassler 1906
Amphissites dattonensis Harlton 1927
Amphissites gifuensis Tanaka and Yuan 2012
Amphissites knighti Sohn 1954
Amphissites miseri Harlton 1933
Amphissites neocentronotus Becker and Wang 1992
Amphissites nodosus Roth 1929
Amphissites rugosus Girty 1910
Amphissites sosioensis Kozur 1991
Amphissites wapanuckensis Harlton 1929
Invalid names: Binodella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.5800.4900.6860.5880.139
shell height60.4560.4300.4900.4450.027
valve height180.3930.2270.6100.3950.100

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 393.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (124 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation A. concentricus, A. torguatus, A. sp. 1 (35716 35717 35719 35720)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) A. sp. (9518)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) A. pulcher (143426)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) A. remesi (5767)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France A. sp., A. tener (38681)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2China (Guangxi) A. sp. B (143422)
Late/Upper Devonian - Visean382.7 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) A. sp. A (143447)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland (Kostomloty) A. parvulus (162211 162212)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland A. parvulus (35386 35387 35388 35390 35396) A. sp. (61840)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. sp. (38295 38298 38299 38300 38302 38304)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. sp. (38306)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) A. similaris (6734)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (548)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Guangxi) A. centronotus (143423)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Komi) A. centronotus (46576)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Guizhou) A. centronotus (58462)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (California) A. n. sp. aff. A. similaris (225970)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) A. sp. (556 8126)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) A. centronotoides, A. mimicus, A. planoventralis, A. vanniae (2711)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) A. rugosus (76118 76148)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) A. robertsi (5690 5710)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) A. bradfieldi (5611)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) A. marginiferus, A. wapanuckensis (132869)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) A. marginiferus (132877 132906 132919 132928 132965) A. rugosus, A. bushi (132879) A. rugosus, A. marginiferus (132915 132917) A. rugosus, A. marginiferus, A. nodosus (132868 132924) A. sp., A. wapanuckensis, A. miseri (132878)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) A. rothi (217268 217276)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) A. centronata (214568) A. dattonensis (214573)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) A. centronotus, A. dattonensis (210784)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Spain A. centronotus (73298)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine A. rugosus (216039) A. rugosus, A. sp. (216040)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) A. centronotus (69773)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Ukraine A. rugosus, A. sp. (216041)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) A. centronotus (148422 215051) A. girtyi, A. roundyi, A. allerismoides, A. centronotus (215053) A. girtyi, A. roundyi, A. centronotus (215003) A. roundyi (215052)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (8633 8635 8639 8640 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Indiana) A. centronota, A. sullivanensis (215554)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) A. centronotus (95377 133136) A. dattonensis (133142 133163)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) A. ciscoensis (215236)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (94391)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Austria A. centronotus (108504)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Turkey A. sp. (98210)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) A. centronotus, A. carinodus (106669)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) A. centronotus (95375)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) A. centronotus (108223 108230 108237 108241 108244 108297 108298 108299)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) A. centronotus (110316)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) A. centronotus (117948)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (British Columbia) A. centronotus (106671) A. centronotus, A. carinodus (106670) A. sp. 1, A. carinodus (106674) A. sp. 1, A. centronotus, A. carinodus (106673)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) A. sp. C (143414)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) A. knighti, A. centronotus (43517)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) A. sinensis (145991) A. sinensis, A. subcentronotus (145990)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan A. gifuensis (131084)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation A. tscherdynzevi (197598 197913)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Greece A. sp. (112075)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Turkey A. sp. (98144)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan A. centronotus (109844)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan A. n. sp. 1 (109297)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Italy A. sosioensis (110840)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. sp. (145694)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) A. neocentronotus (143434)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary A. suprapermianus (146214)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Israel A. suprapermianus (95762)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) A. neocentronotus (121215 121290 121291 121292)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Israel A. suprapermianus (108988 108992)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (132518)