Ameura

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Ameura
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian-early Permian
~318–295 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Phillipsiidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Ameura
Species

A. missouriensis Shumard, 1858[1]
A. trigonopyge Osmólska, 1968[2]

Ameura is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae.[3][2] Fossils from the genus have been found in late Paleozoic beds in North America.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pabian, R.K.; Fagerstrom, J.A. (1972). "Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (6): 789–816. JSTOR 1302937.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ Owens, R.M. (2003). "The stratigraphical distribution and extinctions of Permian trilobites". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 70: 377–397.


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