Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Alternative combinations: Hintzeia kanoshensis, Pseudomera kanoshensis
Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.
Belongs to Kanoshia according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Demeter 1973, Harrington 1957 and Hintze 1953
Sister taxa: Hintzeia actinura, Hintzeia celsaora, Hintzeia firmimarginis, Hintzeia parafirmimarginis, Kanoshia depressus, Kanoshia reticulata
Type specimen: 26442 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Utah collection)
• Ordovician of United States (11: Utah)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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