Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Alternative combination: Protopliomerops superciliosa
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 Rossaspis according to H. J. Harrington 1957
See also Ross 1951
Sister taxa: Rossaspis leboni, Rossaspis rossi
Type specimen: YPM 18266, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (6: Idaho, Utah collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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