Ameura

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Ameura
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian-early Permian
~318–295  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class:† Trilobita
Order:† Proetida
Family:† Phillipsiidae
Subfamily:† Ditomopyginae
Genus:† Ameura
Weller, 1936 [1]
Species

A. missouriensisShumard, 1858 [2]
A. trigonopygeOsmólska, 1968 [3]

Ameura is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae. [4] [3] Fossils from the genus have been found in late Paleozoic beds in North America. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714
  2. 1 2 Pabian, R.K.; Fagerstrom, J.A. (1972). "Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (6): 789–816. JSTOR   1302937.
  3. 1 2 3 Ormiston, A.R. (1973). "Lower Permian trilobites from northern Yukon Territory and Ellesmere Island, district of Franklin". Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin. 222: 129–140.
  4. ↑ Owens, R.M. (2003). "The stratigraphical distribution and extinctions of Permian trilobites". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 70: 377–397.


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