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Ameura

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

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

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