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Amphissites dattonensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy

Amphissites dattonensis was named by Harlton (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Glenn Ostracoda 2, S OK, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine horizon in the Hoxbar Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. allerismoides, A. bradfieldi, A. centronata, A. centronota, A. centronotoides, A. ciscoensis, A. concentricus, A. girtyi, A. mimicus, A. parvulus, A. planoventralis, A. remesi, A. robertsi, A. rothi, A. roundyi, A. similaris, A. sullivanensis, A. tener, A. torguatus, A. tscherdynzevi, A. vanniae, A. alticostatus, A. morrowensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Amphissites dattonensis Harlton p. 206 figs. Pl 32, fig 9
1933	Amphissites dattonensis Kellett p. 93 figs. Pl 14, figs 40-42

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	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
species	dattonensis	Harlton 1927

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 dattonensis Harlton 1927

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	2	0.375	0.360	0.390	0.375	0.021

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian	323.4 - 298.9	USA (Oklahoma)	Amphissites dattonensis (type locality: 214573)
Pennsylvanian	323.4 - 298.9	USA (Texas)	Amphissites dattonensis (210784)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Kansas)	Amphissites dattonensis (133142 133163)