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Ameura missouriensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia missouriensis was named by Shumard and Swallow (1858).

It was recombined as Ameura missouriensis by Pabian and Fagerstrom (1972).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Phillipsia major Shumard
1858Phillipsia missouriensis Shumard and Swallow p. 226
1861Proetus longicaudus Hall
1865Phillipsia sangamonensis Meek and Worthen
1891Phillipsia nodocostatus Hare
1930Phillipsia missouriensis Sayre p. 159 figs. PL XIX, figs. 6-8
1972Ameura missouriensis Pabian and Fagerstrom p. 811 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-13; text-figs 9-12,17B

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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
genusAmeura
speciesmissouriensis()

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.

†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]
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 Atokan to the top of the Gzhelian or 318.60000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Ameura missouriensis (71960 71970 71988)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Phillipsia major (954 962)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Ameura missouriensis (71964 72000 72007)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Ameura missouriensis (50201)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Ameura missouriensis (71917 71918 71919 71920 71946 71950 71952 71956 71967 71968 71986)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Phillipsia major (233341)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Ameura missouriensis (50091)