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Novoameura vitrumons

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Novoameura vitrumons was named by Brezinski (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 447554, a pygidium, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Novoameura vitrumons Brezinski p. 939 figs. 9.10-9.15, 9.20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusNovoameura
speciesvitrumons

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.

Novoameura vitrumons Brezinski 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Novoameura vitrumons (75865 81950 102627)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Novoameura vitrumons (43548 43551 type locality: 43553 81645 101782)