Ameura

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Ameura

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Species of Ameura present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent

Ameura major

Ameura missouriensis

Geological Range

Morrowan to Virgilian; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to Nebraska.

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Virgilian: Deer Creek Limestone (KS); Deer Creek Limestone (Rock Bluff Limestone Member) (KS); Deer Creek Limestone (Ozawkie Limestone Member) (KS); Kanwaka Shale (NE); Lecompton Limestone (Beil Limestone Member) (KS); Oread Limestone (KS); Oread Limestone (Kereford Limestone Member) (KS); Oread Limestone (Leavenworth Limestone Member) (KS); Oread Limestone (Plattsmouth Limestone Member) (KS); Oread Formation (Plattsmouth Limestone Member) (MO); Stranger Formation (OK); Topeka Limestone (Turner Creek Shale Member) (KS); Wood Siding Formation (Brownville Limestone Member) (OK, KS)
Missourian: Belle City Limestone (OK); Brad Formation (Ranger Limestone Member) (TX); Checkerboard Formation (KS); Cherryvale Shale (Westerville Limestone Member) (KS); Dennis Limestone (Winterset Limestone Member) (KS); Dennis Limestone (Winterset Limestone Member) (MO); Drum Limestone (KS); Drum Limestone (MO); Graford Formation (TX); Hertha Limestone (MO); Hertha Limestone (Critzer Limestone Member) (KS); Hertha Limestone (Mound City Shale Member) (KS); Iola Limestone (KS); Iola Limestone (Raytown Limestone Member) (KS); Iola Limestone (Raytown Limestone Member) (MO); Plattsburg Limestone (KS); Plattsburg Limestone (Merriam Limestone Member) (KS); Plattsburg Limestone (Spring Hill Limestone Member) (KS); Stanton Limestone (KS); Stanton Limestone (MO); Stanton Limestone (Eudora Shale Member) (OK); Stanton Limestone (South Bend Limestone Member) (KS); Stanton Limestone (Stoner Limestone Member) (KS); Swope Limestone (KS); Swope Limestone (Bethany Falls Limestone Member) (KS); Wyandotte Limestone (MO); Wyandotte Limestone (Argentine Limestone Member) (KS); Wyandotte Limestone (Farley Limestone Member) (KS)
Desmoinesian: Carbondale Formation (Brereton Limestone Member) (IL); Fort Scott Limestone (Blackjack Creek Limestone Member) (KS); Lake Murray Formation (Frensley Member) (OK); Pawnee Limestone (KS)
Morrowan: Marble Falls Limestone (TX); Wapanucka Limestone (OK)
Unknown Stage: Cherokee Shale (KS); Coal Measures (KS); Coal Measures (MO)