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Amplexus
Taxonomy
Amplexus was named by Sowerby (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m C Step Sepkoski's reference number: 174,680,1240]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amplexidae by Hill (1956), Chen et al. (1997) and Wang et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amplexidae by Hill (1956), Chen et al. (1997) and Wang et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1814 | Amplexus Sowerby |
| 1956 | Amplexus Hill |
| 1997 | Amplexus Chen et al. |
| 2002 | Amplexus Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Amplexus Wang et al. pp. 985, 987 |
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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. †Amplexus Sowerby 1814
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†Amplexus arundinaceus Lonsdale 1845
†Amplexus breviseptatus Wu and Zhao 1982
†Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814
†Amplexus nodulosus Phillips 1841
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Invalid names: Amplexus serpuloides De Koninck 1842 [synonym]
†Amplexus pustulosus Hudleston 1883
†Amplexus salamonensis de Gregorio 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Capitanian or 443.40000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (138 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashgill - Wenlock | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. propinguis (188781) A. propinquis (188780) | |
| Silurian | USA (California) | A. sp. (230235) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Ontario) | A. sp. (461) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Wisconsin) | A. fenestratus (13013 13014) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. polaris (188860) A. sp. (188813 188850) A. sp. A (188812 188814) | |
| Ludlow | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. propinquus (188900) A. sp. (188872 188873 188876) | |
| Ludfordian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (6706) | |
| Eifelian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | A. florescens (5866) | |
| Eifelian | Czech Republic (Barrandia) | Amplexus indet. (12040) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Morocco | A. florescens (82034) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (40660 40661 40662 40664 111920) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | A. hamiltoniae (75499) | |
| Givetian | Morocco | A. florescens (82033) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Belgium | A. sp. (135366) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Montana) | A. sp. (544) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (547 218919) | |
| Early/Lower Mississippian | USA (California) | A. sp. (226426 226746 226800 226805) | |
| Tournaisian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (78778) | |
| Tournaisian | China | A. sp. (66886) | |
| Tournaisian | Australia (New South Wales) | A. sp. (76490) | |
| Tournaisian | USA (Idaho) | A. sp. (12791 12793 12797 12799 12800 12805) | |
| Tournaisian | USA (Iowa) | A. sp. (3314) | |
| Tournaisian | Ireland | A. coralloides (78288) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (8703 8730 8733 8738) A. sp., A. coralloides (8762) A. sp., A. cravenesis (8709) A. spp. (8712 8731) | |
| Tournaisian - Chadian | Ireland | A. coralloides (76915 76916) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (10405) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (224230 224231) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112176) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Georgia) | A. hamiltoniae (164686) | |
| Ivorian | Turkey | A. coralloides (173962) | |
| Ivorian | Ireland | A. sp. (76497) | |
| Ivorian | United Kingdom (Wales) | A. sp. (5887) | |
| Ivorian | Belgium | A. sp. (76920) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | A. coralloides (76501) A. sp., A. coralloides (76515) | |
| Osagean | USA (California) | A. sp. (225977 225978 225980) | |
| Osagean | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (550 551 567 2455) | |
| Osagean | USA (Kentucky) | A. fragilis (59889 59891) | |
| Osagean | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (560) | |
| Arundian | United Kingdom (Wales) | A. coralloides (5757) | |
| Arundian - Holkerian | Ireland | A. coralloides (76517) | |
| Chadian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (2059 2184 2187 2202 2252 2448) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom (England) | A. coralloides (5970 5972 5983) | |
| Chadian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (2643 2644 2672 2675 2678 2680) | |
| Chadian | USA (Tennessee) | A. sp. (2682) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Kentucky) | A. sp. (562) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | Russian Federation | A. cornuformis (78779) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | A. sp. (556 557 558) | |
| Visean | Ukraine (Donets) | A. sp. (99620) | |
| Visean | Australia (Queensland) | A. sp. (40009) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | A. coralloides (5985 5995 6064 6065 6066) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (Wales) | A. sp. (76084) | |
| Asbian - Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | A. coralloides (28383) | |
| Asbian - Brigantian | Morocco | A. sp. (134863 134864 134933 228328) | |
| Brigantian | China (Xinjiang) | A. sp. (195847) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | A. coralloides (73423) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Arkansas) | A. sp. (76853) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (5714) | |
| Gzhelian | Ukraine | A. sp. (151333) | |
| Permian | Indonesia | A. arundinaceus (39612) A. coralloides (133131) | |
| Permian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112196) | |
| Sakmarian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. pustulosus (131545 131604) A. pustulosus, A. nodulosus (120456) A. sp. (101207) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | East Timor | A. sp., A. coralloides (21163) | |
| Artinskian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. pustulosus (144680) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | Indonesia | A. coralloides (39614) | |
| Kungurian | China (Jiangsu) | A. breviseptatus (100771) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (108862) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Myanmar | A. sp. (208999) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Vietnam | A. sp. (139251) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Indonesia | A. arundinaceus (39608) | |
| Wordian | Italy | A. salamonensis (233340) | |
| Wordian | China (Nei Mongol) | A. sp. (109168) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (108801 108859) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Azerbaijan | A. henslowi (232366) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Indonesia | A. coralloides (132787) |