Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sloan 1991
Sister taxa: 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
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grand Detour Formation, Iowa and Wisconsin (Ordovician of Iowa/Wisconsin)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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