''Amphissites'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of ostracod (seed shrimp) belonging to the suborder Beyrichicopina (ornamented beyrichiocopids) and family Amphissitinae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

to the Permian in Europe, North America, Australia, and east Asia. The genus were likely deposit-feeders, and may have survived briefly into the Triassic.

Species

* ''A. bushi'' Harlton 1933 * ''A. carinodus'' Cooper 1957 *''A. centronotus'' Ulrich and Bassler 1906 *''A. dattonensis'' Harlton 1927 *''A. gifuensis'' Tanaka and Yuan 2012 *''A. knighti'' Sohn 1954 *''A. marginiferus'' Roth 1929 *''A. miseri'' Harlton 1933 *''A. neocentronotus'' Becker and Wang 1992 *''A. nodosus'' Roth 1929 *''A. rugosus'' Girty 1910 *''A. sinensis'' Hou 1954 *''A. sosioensis Kozur 1991 *''A. subcentronotus'' Hou 1954 *''A. wapanuckensis'' Harlton 1929

References

Paleozoic life Ostracods Prehistoric ostracod genera {{Ostracod-stub