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Ameropiltonia perplexa

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

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
YearName and author
2000Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski pp. 1053 - 1055 fig. 7.1–7.6

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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
genusAmeropiltoniaBrezinski 2000
speciesperplexa

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
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: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (New Mexico) Ameropiltonia perplexa (type locality: 64752 64753)