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Ameura

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

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 Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Ameura Weller pp. 713-714
2002Ameura Jell and Adrain p. 340
2002Ameura Sepkoski
2003Ameura Owens p. 381

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

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

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Asselian or 358.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) A. sp. (13154)
Atokan318.1 - 311.45USA (Ohio) A. missouriensis (71960 71970 71988)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Ohio) A. missouriensis (71964 72000 72007)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Kansas) Phillipsia major (954 962)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) A. missouriensis (50201)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Ohio) A. missouriensis (71917 71918 71919 71920 71946 71950 71952 71956 71967 71968 71986)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Kansas) Phillipsia major (233341)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Oklahoma) A. major (39813)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) A. missouriensis (50091)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) A. sp. (39917 39922)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) A. sp. (50219)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (Yukon) A. trigonopyge (101728)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Paladin trigonopyge (116060 116061 116062)