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Ameura
Taxonomy
Ameura was named by Weller (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l P Sakm Sepkoski's reference number: 624].
It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).
It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Ameura Weller pp. 713-714 |
| 2002 | Ameura Jell and Adrain p. 340 |
| 2002 | Ameura Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Ameura Owens p. 381 |
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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.
G. †Ameura Weller 1936
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†Ameura missouriensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
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Invalid names: Phillipsia major Shumard 1858 [synonym], Phillipsia nodocostatus Hare 1891 [synonym], Phillipsia sangamonensis Meek and Worthen 1865 [synonym], Proetus longicaudus Hall 1861 [synonym]
†Ameura trigonopyge Osmólska 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Asselian or 358.86000 to 293.52000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mississippian | USA (Arizona) | A. sp. (13154) | |
| Atokan | USA (Ohio) | A. missouriensis (71960 71970 71988) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | A. missouriensis (71964 72000 72007) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | Phillipsia major (954 962) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Nebraska) | A. missouriensis (50201) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. major (39813) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Phillipsia major (233341 237799) | |
| Missourian | USA (Ohio) | A. missouriensis (71917 71918 71919 71920 71946 71950 71952 71956 71967 71968 71986) | |
| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Phillipsia major (71507 237767 237795 237796 237797) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Nebraska) | A. missouriensis (50091) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (39917 39922) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | A. sp. (50219) | |
| Asselian | Canada (Yukon) | A. trigonopyge (101728) | |
| Asselian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Paladin trigonopyge (116060 116061 116062) |