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Amphissites rugosus

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy
Amphissites rugosus was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 118485, a carapace, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Amphissites rugosus Girty p. 44
1933Amphissites rugosus Harlton p. 22 figs. pl. 6, figs. 5a-d
1969Amphissites rugosus Sohn p. 44 figs. pl. 6 f. 20-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyAmphissitidae(Knight 1928)
genusAmphissites
speciesrugosus

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.

†Amphissites rugosus Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Kashirian or 342.90000 to 311.46000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Amphissites rugosus (76118 76148)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Amphissites rugosus (132868 132879 132915 132917 132924)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Amphissites rugosus (216039 216040)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46Ukraine Amphissites rugosus (216041)