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Ameropiltonia perplexa
Taxonomy
Ameropiltonia perplexa was named by Brezinski (2000) [= Phillipsia sampsoni BRANSON AND ANDREWS, 1938, p. 116–117, pl. 15, figs. 1, 5, 10 (not figs. 2–4, 6–9). SHIMER AND SHROCK, 1944, pl. 276, figs. 1, 3 (not fig. 2).
= Breviphillipsia sampsoni HESSLER, 1963, p. 556–557, pl. 61, figs. 13, 19, 20, 22, 23, 28 (not figs. 15–17, 21), pl. 62, fig. 1; LEVI-SETTI, 1975,
pl. 74; BREZINSKI, 1986, figs. 4.2, 4.8.]. Its type specimen is CM 45749 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Wells Canyon, Alamogordo, Caballero Formation, Otero, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore shelf wackestone in the Caballero Formation of New Mexico.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski pp. 1053 - 1055 fig. 7.1–7.6 |
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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.
†Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kinderhookian | USA (New Mexico) | Ameropiltonia perplexa (type locality: 64752 64753) |