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Ameropiltonia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Ameropiltonia was named by Brezinski (2000). It is not extant. Its type is Ameropiltonia lauradanae.

It was assigned to Phillipsiidae by Brezinski (2000); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
A. lauradanae (type species), A. perplexa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Ameropiltonia Brezinski
2002Ameropiltonia Jell and Adrain p. 340

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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

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. †Ameropiltonia Brezinski 2000
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Ameropiltonia lauradanae Brezinski 2000
Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available