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Eoameura ameuroides

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Thigriffides ameuroides was named by Hessler (1965) [= Phillipsia cf. P. vindibonensis Branson & Andrews, in Branson 1938, p. 119 pl. 15 fig. 11a-12b]. Its type specimen is U. Mo. 3611, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sedalia, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Chouteau Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Eoameura ameuroides by Brezinski (2026).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2026-07-01; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-07-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Thigriffides ameuroides Hessler p. 258 figs. Pl. 39, figs. 5,8,9
2026Eoameura ameuroides Brezinski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
genusEoameura
speciesameuroides(Hessler 1965)

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.

Eoameura ameuroides Hessler 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) Thigriffides ameuroides (147937)