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Extinct genus of trilobite

Ameura
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian-early Permian
~318–295 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: †Ditomopyginae
Genus: †Ameura
Weller, 1936
Species

A. missouriensis Shumard, 1858
A. trigonopyge Osmólska, 1968

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

References

  1. J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714
  2. ^ Pabian, R.K.; Fagerstrom, J.A. (1972). "Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (6): 789–816. JSTOR 1302937.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Ameura


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