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Amphipella
Taxonomy
Amphipella was named by Cooper and Grant (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 7]. Its type is Amphipella arcaria. It is the type genus of Amphipellidae.
It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amphipellidae by Williams et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amphipellidae by Williams et al. (2002).
Species
A. arcaria (type species), A. attenuata
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1969 | Amphipella Cooper and Grant p. 11 |
2002 | Amphipella Sepkoski |
2002 | Amphipella Williams et al. p. 1278 |
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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. †Amphipella Cooper and Grant 1969
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†Amphipella arcaria Cooper and Grant 1969
†Amphipella attenuata Cooper and Grant 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 8 | 1.44 | 0.900 | 2.30 | 1.40 | 0.628 |
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Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 |