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Novoameura mckeei

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Anisopyge mckeei was named by Cisne (1971). Its type specimen is MNA G2.2366, a pygidium (internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Bottomless Pits (locality 12A), which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal carbonate in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Novoameura.

It was recombined as Novoameura mckeei by Brezinski (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Anisopyge mckeei Cisne p. 529 figs. Pl 68, figs 3-6,8-12,16-18
1991Novoameura mckeei Brezinski p. 480

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusNovoameura
speciesmckeei()

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 mckeei Cisne 1971
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Novoameura mckeei (129039)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Anisopyge mckeei (105407 105408 105411 105412 105417 type locality: 105418 105419)