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Amphissites (Amphissites)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy

Amphissites (Amphissites) was named by Girty (1910).

It was assigned to Amphissites by Girty (1910).

Subtaxa

Amphissites (Amphissites) neocentronotus, Amphissites (Amphissites) pulcher, Amphissites (Amphissites) suprapermianus

Species lacking formal opinion data

Amphissites allerismoides, Amphissites bradfieldi, Amphissites ciscoensis, Amphissites girtyi, Amphissites morrowensis, Amphissites parvulus, Amphissites roundyi, Amphissites sullivanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Amphissites (Amphissites) Girty

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
suborder	Beyrichicopina	Scott 1961
superfamily	Kirkbyoidea	(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
family	Amphissitidae	(Knight 1928)
genus	Amphissites
subgenus	Amphissites	Girty 1910

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.

Subg. †Amphissites (Amphissites) Girty 1910

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†Amphissites (Amphissites) neocentronotus Becker and Wang 1992

†Amphissites (Amphissites) pulcher Polenova 1952

†Amphissites (Amphissites) suprapermianus Kozur 1985

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	4	0.340	0.240	0.400	0.375	0.075

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 Eifelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 393.47000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	China (Guangxi)	Amphissites pulcher (143426)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	China (Guangxi)	Amphissites sp. B (143422)
Late/Upper Devonian - Visean	382.31 - 330.3	China (Xinjiang)	Amphissites sp. A (143447)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	China (Jiangsu)	Amphissites sp. C (143414)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Sichuan)	Amphissites neocentronotus (143434)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Hungary	Amphissites suprapermianus (146214)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.51 - 251.902	Israel	Amphissites suprapermianus (95762)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Israel	Amphissites suprapermianus (108988 108992)