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Pliomera tmetophrys

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomera tmetophrys was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. jacuticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pliomera tmetophrys Harrington and Leanza p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPliomeraAngelin 1845
speciestmetophrys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pliomera tmetophrys Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Floian or 477.70000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0Argentina (La Rioja) Pliomera tmetophrys (116141 116142 116143 116145)