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Amphipeltis

Malacostraca

Taxonomy
Amphipeltis was named by Salter (1863). Its type is Amphipeltis paradoxus.

It was assigned to Crustacea by Matthew (1895); and to Malacostraca by Falcon-Lang and Miller (2007).

Species
A. paradoxus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Amphipeltis Salter
1895Amphipeltis Matthew p. 278
2007Amphipeltis Falcon-Lang and Miller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
genusAmphipeltisSalter 1863

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. †Amphipeltis Salter 1863
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†Amphipeltis paradoxus Salter 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (New Brunswick) A. paradoxus (114468 122728)