Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Parent taxon: Cheirurina according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Fortey and Droser 1999, Harrington and Leanza 1957, Nikolaisen 1961 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Cheiruridae, Encrinuridae
Subtaxa: Anapliomera Benedettia Colobinion Cybelopsinae Encrinurella Evropeites Gogoella Guizhoupliomerops Hammatocneminae Hintzeia Ibexaspis Josephulus Leiostrototropis Lemureops Liexiaspis Obliteraspis Parapliomera Perissopliomera Placoparia Pliomera Pliomerella Pliomeridius Pliomerina Pliomerinae Protoencrinurella Protopliomerella Protopliomerops Pseudomera Rossaspis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (4), Spain (14)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (35: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), Norway (2), United States (66: California, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (27: New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
• Fennian of France (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (2)
• Valaste of Sweden (1)
• Arenigian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (10), United States (5: Nevada, Utah)
• Dawan of China (2)
• Arenig of Argentina (6), Australia (3), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (11), France (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (4)
• Canadian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Québec)
• Ordovician of Argentina (18), Australia (52), Canada (16: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario), China (80), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (2), France (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (4), Morocco (5), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (14), Spain (25), Sweden (21), the United Kingdom (14), United States (201: California, Idaho, Iowa/Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Virginia)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (21), Bolivia (1), Canada (14: Alberta), China (1), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (2)
• Ibexian of Canada (2: Quebec), Norway (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 732 collections including 839 occurrences