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Ammopus marshi

Taxonomy
Ammopus marshi was named by Lull (1915). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is YPM 2040, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ferry above Turners Falls, tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts. It is the type species of Ammopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Ammopus marshi Lull p. 264
1917Ammopus marshi Lull pp. 126-127
1930Ammopus marshi Hay p. 2
1971Ammopus marshi Haubold p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
genusAmmopus
speciesmarshi

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.

†Ammopus marshi Lull 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Ammopus marshi (type locality: 52998)