Pliomerops canadensis Billings 1859 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Alternative combination: Amphion canadensis

Belongs to Pliomerops according to F.C. Shaw 1968

See also Nikolaisen 1961 and Raymond 1925

Sister taxa: Pliomerops bilirata, Pliomerops lacunatus, Pliomerops praematura, Pliomerops trouti

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of Canada (10: Quebec collections), United States (18: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont)

• Chazyan of United States (25: New York, Oklahoma)

• Ordovician of Norway (1)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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