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Amydrotaxis

Taxonomy
Amydrotaxis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. johnsoni, A. praecox, A. praejohnsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Amydrotaxis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
genusAmydrotaxis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-09-24 07:52:01
Modified: 2004-10-20 05:00:26
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Pragian or 423.00000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Germany A. praecox (187306)
Pridoli - Pragian423.0 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (194289)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) A. johnsoni (25706 25707)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation A. johnsoni (190158)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) A. johnsoni (179448 179449 179450 179451 179452 179453 179454 179456 179457 179458 179460 179461 179462 179463 179464 179467 179468 179469 179470 179472 179477 179531 179532 179533 179534 179535 179536 179537 179543 179549 179551 179554 179556 179557) A. sexidentata (179429 179435 179437 179443 179513 179516 179518 179519 179520 179522 179528)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Germany A. johnsoni (181699 181700 181703 181704 181705 181706 181707 181712 181714 181716) A. sexidentata (181696 181697 181698)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) A. druceana (194301 194304 194305 194306 194307 194308 194311 194319 194325 194328 194341 194343 194344 194345 194351) A. praejohnsoni (194299 194300)