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Amorphella modesta

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Amorphella modesta was named by Rozova (1963). It is not extant. It is the type species of Amorphella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Amorphella modesta Rozova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusAmorphellaRozova 1963
speciesmodestaRozova 1963

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.

†Amorphella modesta Rozova 1963
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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: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Yurakian or 495.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Amorphella modesta (133600 133602)
Yurakian495.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Amorphella modesta (131096 131097 131346 131401 131405 131424)