Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Synonym: Kanoshia Harrington 1957
Full reference: H. J. Harrington. 1957. Notes on new genera of Pliomeridae (Trilobita). Journal of Paleontology 31(4):811-812
Parent taxon: Pliomeridae according to O. A. Hoel 1999
See also Demeter 1973, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapliomera, Benedettia, Colobinion, Cybelopsinae, Encrinurella, Evropeites, Gogoella, Guizhoupliomerops, Hammatocneminae, Ibexaspis, Josephulus, Leiostrototropis, Lemureops, Liexiaspis, Obliteraspis, Parapliomera, Perissopliomera, Placoparia, Pliomera, Pliomerella, Pliomeridius, Pliomerina, Pliomerinae, Protoencrinurella, Protopliomerella, Protopliomerops, Pseudomera, Rossaspis
Subtaxa: Hintzeia actinura Hintzeia celsaora Hintzeia firmimarginis Hintzeia parafirmimarginis Kanoshia depressus Kanoshia kanoshensis Kanoshia reticulata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada, Utah collections)
• Billingen of Sweden (1)
• Arenigian of United States (2: Nevada, Utah)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Norway (1), United States (32: California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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