Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Alternative combination: Protopliomerops celsaora
Synonyms: Hintzeia aemula Hintze 1953, Protopliomerops aemula Hintze 1953
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1951. Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 6:1-161
Belongs to Hintzeia according to N. E. B. McAdams and J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Harrington 1957, Hintze 1953 and Hoel 1999
Sister taxa: Hintzeia actinura, Hintzeia firmimarginis, Hintzeia parafirmimarginis, Kanoshia kanoshensis, Kanoshia reticulata, Kanoshia depressus
Type specimens:
- Hintzeia celsaora: YPM 18258, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(1)", which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.
- Protopliomerops aemula: 26434 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium).
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (9: Idaho, Utah collections)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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