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Pliomerina rigida

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerina rigida was named by Kolobova (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Pliomerina rigida Kolobova

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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
genusPliomerinaChugaeva 1956
speciesrigidaKolobova 1972

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.

Pliomerina rigida Kolobova 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:55:29
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:55:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gisbornian or 458.40000 to 452.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7China Pliomerina rigida (187887)