Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Alternative combinations: Amphion barrandei, Pliomera barrandei, Pliomerops barrandei
Synonym: Pliomerops nevadensis Walcott 1884
Belongs to Pseudomera according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970
See also Holliday 1942, Phleger 1933, Raymond 1925 and Tremblay and Westrop 1991
Sister taxa: Pseudomera arachnopyge, Pseudomera billingsi, Pseudomera insolita, Pseudomera nevadensis
Type specimens:
- Pseudomera barrandei: GSC 681b, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
- Pliomerops nevadensis:
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (23: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories), United States (11: California, Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (5: Nevada, Utah)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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