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Ampyxoides ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4635347https://www.gbif.org/species/4635347
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)19844https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19844
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : Ampyxoides
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyTrinucleoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyxoidesWhittington 1965
Scientific NameAmpyxoides Whittington, 1965
Name Published InBull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 132
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ampyxoidesgenusbelongs to Raphiophorinaestated with evidenceFortey, 1975
Ampyxoidesgenusbelongs to Raphiophoridaestated without evidenceFortey and Droser, 1999
Ampyxoidesgenusbelongs to Asaphidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Asaphida)
Visionblind (based on Raphiophoridae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Raphiophoridae)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. B. Whittington. 1965. Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132(4):275-441

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ampyxoides inermis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Ampyxoides occipitalis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Ampyxoides semicostatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		12472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		468 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1965Ampyxoides Whittington p. 319
1975Ampyxoides Fortey p. 65
1999Ampyxoides Fortey and Droser p. 195
2002Ampyxoides Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Whittington H. B. (1965) Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 4, 275-441
Fortey R. A. (1975) The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation, Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162, 1-125
Fortey R. A., Droser M. L. (1999) Trilobites from the Base of the Type Whiterockian (Middle Ordovician) in Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 73 2, 182-201
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 132 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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